Cold/Wind Chill, Saginaw
- When
- December 30, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Saginaw forecast zone
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.335, -84.053 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Michigan, December 30, 1998
High temperatures in the teens and lows in single digits were too much for some pipes to handle. A pipe (part of a fire suppression sprinkler system) froze and burst in Brown Hall at Saginaw Valley State University.
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.
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- 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
- $500,000
- 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 DTX wrote it up.
High temperatures in the teens and lows in single digits were too much for some pipes to handle. A pipe (part of a fire suppression sprinkler system) froze and burst in Brown Hall at Saginaw Valley State University. By the time it was discovered New Years Eve, water was 3 to 4 inches deep in numerous faculty and secretarial offices. Computer equipment, furniture, and files were damaged. The time of the pipe burst is unknown.
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
- Cold in Maine, December 30 to 31, 1998
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 30, 1998
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, December 30, 1998
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 30, 1998
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 30, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 30, 1998
- Cold in Vermont, December 30 to 31, 1998
- Cold in New Hampshire, December 30 to 31, 1998
- Cold in New York, December 30 to 31, 1998
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 30, 1998
- Winter Weather in Indiana, December 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 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: 5674803.