Cold/Wind Chill, Barbour
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in West Virginia, November 1 to 30, 1997
The monthly average temperature was 3 to 6 degrees below normal, with the coldest readings during the 2nd and 3rd weeks. It was the third consecutive November that was unusually cold.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 28 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
- 34
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.
The monthly average temperature was 3 to 6 degrees below normal, with the coldest readings during the 2nd and 3rd weeks. It was the third consecutive November that was unusually cold.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
34 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Boone
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Braxton
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Braxton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cabell
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Calhoun
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Clay
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.463, -81.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Doddridge
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Doddridge forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Fayette
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Gilmer
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Harrison
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.284, -80.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -81.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Kanawha
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kanawha forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lewis
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lincoln
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Logan
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mason
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, McDowell
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mingo
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Nicholas
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Pleasants
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pleasants forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pocahontas
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Putnam
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Raleigh
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Randolph
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Ritchie
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ritchie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Roane
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roane forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.714, -81.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Taylor
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tyler
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tyler forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Upshur
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wayne
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Wirt
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wirt forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wood
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wyoming
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.610, -81.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 and Hail in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 1, 1997
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in New York, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, November 1 to 2, 1997
- Hail in Mississippi, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, November 1, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Maine, November 1 to 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, November 1, 1997
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, November 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5623055, 5623056, 5623057, 5623058, 5623059, 5623060, 5623061, 5623062, 5623063, 5623064, 5623065, 5623066, 5623067, 5623068, 5623069, 5623070, 5623071, 5623072, 5623073, 5623074, 5623075, 5623076, 5623077, 5623078, 5623079, 5623080, 5623081, 5623082, 5623083, 5623084, 5623085, 5623086, 5623087, 5623207.