Cold/Wind Chill, Avery
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in North Carolina, January 9, 2025
Very cold air associated with arctic high pressure settled over the North Carolina mountains during the early morning hours of the 9th. Temperatures in the single digits and teens and winds gusting from 10 to 20 mph resulted in minimum wind chill values of 0 to -10 during this time.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 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
- 14
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.
Very cold air associated with arctic high pressure settled over the North Carolina mountains during the early morning hours of the 9th. Temperatures in the single digits and teens and winds gusting from 10 to 20 mph resulted in minimum wind chill values of 0 to -10 during this time. Stronger winds and temperatures at or below 0 caused wind chills of -15 or colder above 5000 feet.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 9, 12:49 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 12:49 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Yancey
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mitchell
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Swain
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Swain forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Haywood
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Buncombe
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Graham
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Jackson
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Macon
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Jackson
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Transylvania
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Transylvania forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Henderson
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Burke Mountains
- When
- January 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burke Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -81.705 (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 Louisiana, January 9, 2025
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Missouri, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Texas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Texas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Weather in Texas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow and Sleet in Mississippi, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Mexico, January 9, 2025
More
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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: 1232853, 1232854, 1232855, 1232856, 1232857, 1232858, 1232859, 1232860, 1232861, 1232863, 1232864, 1232865, 1232866, 1232867.