Cold/Wind Chill, Raleigh
- When
- May 22, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
Cold in West Virginia, May 22, 1997
Temperatures were in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Elkins had 29 degrees, Beckley recorded 33 degrees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Temperatures were in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Elkins had 29 degrees, Beckley recorded 33 degrees. Both were records for the date.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Fayette
- When
- May 22, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- May 22, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Upshur
- When
- May 22, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pocahontas
- When
- May 22, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Randolph
- When
- May 22, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Hail in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 22, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, May 22, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 22 to 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, May 22, 1997
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, May 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5598301, 5598302, 5598303, 5598304, 5598305, 5598306.