Cold/Wind Chill, Knox
- When
- January 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Nebraska, January 15 to 16, 1997
S. Canadian border.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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.
A strong arctic cold front raced south from southern Canada through the central plains behind low pressure that moved east along the U.S. Canadian border. Strong northwest winds gusting as high as 60 mph combined with cold temperatures to generate wind chills of 40 to 70 degrees below zero.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Cedar
- When
- January 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cedar forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Antelope
- When
- January 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Antelope forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pierce
- When
- January 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pierce forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wayne
- When
- January 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.209, -97.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- January 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM 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 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM 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 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cuming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Burt
- When
- January 15, 9:00 PM CST to January 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Burt forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.852, -96.329 (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 Illinois, January 15 to 18, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Cold in South Dakota, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 15 to 17, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- High Wind in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 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: 5587550, 5587551, 5587552, 5587553, 5587554, 5587555, 5587556, 5587557, 5587558.