Heat, Athens
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Athens forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Ohio, March 26 to 31, 1998
An unusually long stretch of early spring heat lasted 6 consecutive days. Afternoon temperatures were in the 80s.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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.
An unusually long stretch of early spring heat lasted 6 consecutive days. Afternoon temperatures were in the 80s.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Gallia
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gallia forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jackson
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -82.618 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Meigs
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Meigs forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.082, -82.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Morgan
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -81.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Perry
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Vinton
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Vinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Washington
- When
- March 26, 12:00 PM EST to March 31, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in Texas, March 26, 1998
- Heat in West Virginia, March 26 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, March 26, 1998
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 26, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 26 to 29, 1998
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 26, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, March 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, 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: 5632807, 5632808, 5632809, 5632810, 5632811, 5632812, 5632813, 5632814, 5632815.