Cold/Wind Chill, Beaufort
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Beaufort forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in North Carolina, March 11 to 14, 1998
Damage to strawberry and peach crops caused by several nights with low temperatures in the lower 20s. Some farmers reported 50 to 64 percent of their peach crop was killed.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- $350,000
- Events
- 17
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 MHX wrote it up.
Damage to strawberry and peach crops caused by several nights with low temperatures in the lower 20s. Some farmers reported 50 to 64 percent of their peach crop was killed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Carteret
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carteret forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Craven
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Craven forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Duplin
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Duplin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.936, -77.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Dare
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Dare forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Hyde
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hyde forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Greene
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.485, -77.676 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jones
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jones forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.022, -77.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lenoir
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lenoir forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.239, -77.641 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Martin
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Martin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.842, -77.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Onslow
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Onslow forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Pamlico
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pamlico forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.152, -76.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pitt
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pitt forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.594, -77.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tyrrell
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tyrrell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -76.170 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -76.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Dare
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 13, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Dare forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.787, -75.781 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Hyde
- When
- March 11, 11:00 PM EST to March 14, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Hyde forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $350,000
- Coordinates
- 35.410, -76.148 (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
- Cold in Virginia, March 11 to 13, 1998
- Cold in Maryland, March 11 to 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 11 to 12, 1998
- Cold in West Virginia, March 11 to 13, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 11 to 13, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 11 to 12, 1998
- Cold in Kansas, March 11, 1998
- Winter Weather in Georgia, March 11 to 12, 1998
- Cold in District of Columbia, March 11 to 13, 1998
- Wildfire in Hawaii, March 11 to 16, 1998
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, March 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: 5629751, 5629752, 5629753, 5629754, 5629755, 5629756, 5629757, 5629758, 5629759, 5629760, 5629761, 5629762, 5629763, 5629764, 5629765, 5629766, 5629767.