Cold/Wind Chill, Cook
- When
- January 10, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cook forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
A homeless man died of exposure in the stairwell of a building in Chicago.
Cold in Illinois, January 10, 1999
1 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Cook | 1999-01-01 | 50 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
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
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Winter Storm and Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 10 to 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Ice Storm in Montana, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, January 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, January 10 to 11, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 10 to 11, 1999
- Flood in Oregon, January 10, 1999
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, January 1999
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: 5680965.