Cold/Wind Chill in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

Cold/Wind Chill March 7, 1996 – March 10, 1996 · Pointe Coupee, Louisiana

$7.2M

Damage as recorded

The wider storm

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 5543806. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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