Cold/Wind Chill, Avery
- When
- January 23, 9:00 PM EST to January 24, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in North Carolina, January 23 to 24, 2003
Air temperatures near zero and sustained winds as high as 40 mph combined to produce dangerous wind chills of -20 or less across portions of the North Carolina mountains.
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 GSP wrote it up.
Air temperatures near zero and sustained winds as high as 40 mph combined to produce dangerous wind chills of -20 or less across portions of the North Carolina mountains.
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, Madison
- When
- January 23, 9:00 PM EST to January 24, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Yancey
- When
- January 23, 9:00 PM EST to January 24, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mitchell
- When
- January 23, 9:00 PM EST to January 24, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Buncombe
- When
- January 23, 9:00 PM EST to January 24, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (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 Illinois, January 23, 2003
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 23 to 24, 2003
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, January 23 to 24, 2003
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 23, 2003
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 23, 2003
- High Wind in Virginia, January 23 to 24, 2003
- Cold in Kentucky, January 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, January 23, 2003
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 23, 2003
- Cold in Illinois, January 23, 2003
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 23 to 24, 2003
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 23, 2003
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, January 2003
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5339918, 5339919, 5339920, 5339921, 5339922.