Cold/Wind Chill, Monona
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Monona forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.052, -95.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 1996
Strong northwest winds combined with cold temperatures to produce wind chills in the 35 to 45 below zero range.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 8
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 OAX wrote it up.
Strong northwest winds combined with cold temperatures to produce wind chills in the 35 to 45 below zero range.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Harrison
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.683, -95.817 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Shelby
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.685, -95.310 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pottawattamie
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.337, -95.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mills
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -95.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Montgomery
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -95.156 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Fremont
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fremont forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.746, -95.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Page
- When
- December 23, 7:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Page forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.739, -95.150 (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
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in California, December 23, 1996
- Ice Storm in Wisconsin, December 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 23, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, December 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, December 23, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, December 1996
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: 5581936, 5581937, 5581938, 5581939, 5581940, 5581941, 5581942, 5581943.