Cold/Wind Chill — Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

1996-03-07 to 1996-03-10 · Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

Wider weather episode

A late Spring freeze caused extensive damage to the sugarcane crop in three parishes. Newspaper accounts reported that a sugarcane industry spokesman estimated damage near 7 million dollar. Temperatures remained below freezing for 6 to 8 hours each night. The 23 degree reading at Baton Rouge, the morning to the 9th, set a daily record minimum temperature, breaking the previous record by 7 degrees. Several daily records were set and came within a few degrees of establishing minimum record temperatures for the month.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5543806. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.