Cold/Wind Chill, Caroline
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Maryland, July 31, 2000
July 2000 was one of the coolest and wettest Julys on record for the Maryland Eastern Shore. In both Chestertown (Kent County) and Royal Oak (Talbot County), it was the coolest July on record for both stations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 PHI wrote it up.
July 2000 was one of the coolest and wettest Julys on record for the Maryland Eastern Shore. In both Chestertown (Kent County) and Royal Oak (Talbot County), it was the coolest July on record for both stations. The July monthly mean temperature for Chestertown was 73.0 degrees. Records began in 1937. In Royal Oak, the July monthly mean temperature was 74.2 degrees. Records began in 1948. On a county weighted average, all of the Eastern Shore counties were wetter than normal with Kent southward through Talbot County receiving about twice the normal July monthly rainfall. County weighted monthly totals ranged from 5.2 inches in Cecil County to 8.1 inches in Talbot County. Normal monthly rainfall is around 4 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Cecil
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Kent
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Queen Annes
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Talbot
- When
- July 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (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
- High Wind in North Dakota, July 31, 2000
- Heat in Texas, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, July 31, 2000
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 31, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, July 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in New York, July 31, 2000
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Maryland in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, July 2000
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: 5162553, 5162554, 5162555, 5162556, 5162557.