Cold/Wind Chill, Finney
- When
- March 11, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Finney forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Kansas, March 11, 1998
Extremely cold temperatures occurred with gusty winds. and to 8 degrees at syracuse with a wind chill of -30.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 DDC wrote it up.
Extremely cold temperatures occurred with gusty winds. Temperatures fell to 2 degrees at Dighton...6 degrees at Garden City with a wind chill of -41...and to 8 degrees at syracuse with a wind chill of -30.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Hamilton
- When
- March 11, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lane
- When
- March 11, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lane forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -100.466 (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
- Cold in North Carolina, March 11 to 14, 1998
- Cold in Virginia, March 11 to 13, 1998
- Cold in Maryland, March 11 to 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in North Carolina, March 11 to 12, 1998
- Cold in West Virginia, March 11 to 13, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 11 to 13, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 11 to 12, 1998
- Winter Weather in Georgia, March 11 to 12, 1998
- Cold in District of Columbia, March 11 to 13, 1998
- Wildfire in Hawaii, March 11 to 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, March 1998
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: 5638858, 5638859, 5638860.