Cold/Wind Chill, Milwaukee
- When
- November 30, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Milwaukee forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Wisconsin, November 30, 1997
An elderly women died from environmental cold-weather hypothermia based on medical reports. She was found dead on her home's driveway.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 MKX wrote it up.
An elderly women died from environmental cold-weather hypothermia based on medical reports. She was found dead on her home's driveway. Outside temperatures during the morning were in the mid to upper 30s. One can speculate that she slipped and fell on the driveway and was unable to get up.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Milwaukee | 1997-11-30 | 88 | Female | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
- Cold in Wisconsin, November 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, November 30, 1997
- Flood in Florida, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, November 30, 1997
- Hail in Tennessee, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in California, November 30, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 30, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in Vermont, November 30, 1997
- Hail in North Carolina, November 30, 1997
- Winter Weather in Massachusetts, November 30, 1997
- Waterspout in California, November 30, 1997
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5619776.