Cold/Wind Chill, Montcalm
- When
- April 27, 12:00 AM EST to April 28, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Montcalm forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.311, -85.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Michigan, April 27 to 28, 1998
Local newspapers reported fruit bud damage occurred the mornings of April 27th and 28th as temperatures both mornings fell into the mid 20s. Owner Bruce Watts of Watts Orchards in Howard City said over 75 acres of his 150-acres of apple, peach, cherry, and plum orchards were damaged.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- 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 GRR wrote it up.
Local newspapers reported fruit bud damage occurred the mornings of April 27th and 28th as temperatures both mornings fell into the mid 20s. Owner Bruce Watts of Watts Orchards in Howard City said over 75 acres of his 150-acres of apple, peach, cherry, and plum orchards were damaged. Gwen Anderson, who owns Anderson Orchards in Stanton, estimated a 50-percent loss of her 225-acre orchard.
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.
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
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, April 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 27, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 27, 1998
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 27, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, April 27, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, April 1998
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: 5654596.