Cold/Wind Chill, Knox
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM CST to January 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Nebraska, January 11 to 12, 1997
Strong northwest winds combined with cold temperatures to generate wind chills of 40 to 50 below zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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 generate wind chills of 40 to 50 below zero.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Cedar
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM CST to January 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Thurston
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM CST to January 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thurston forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.158, -96.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM CST to January 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Stanton
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM CST to January 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cuming
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM CST to January 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -96.787 (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
- Blizzard in Utah, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Avalanche in Washington, January 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Cold in New Mexico, January 11, 1997
- Cold in North Carolina, January 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in Oklahoma, January 11 to 12, 1997
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 11 to 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 11 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Colorado, January 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, January 1997
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5587770, 5587771, 5587772, 5587773, 5587774, 5587775.