Cold/Wind Chill, Anderson
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Anderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.214, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Kansas, January 2 to 3, 1999
Strong winds and temperatures in the single digits and teens combined to produce wind chills as cold as 34 degrees below zero in some locations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 23 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
- 23
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 TOP wrote it up.
Strong winds and temperatures in the single digits and teens combined to produce wind chills as cold as 34 degrees below zero in some locations.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
23 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Brown
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.827, -95.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Clay
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -97.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cloud
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cloud forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -97.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Coffey
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.237, -95.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Dickinson
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.867, -97.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Douglas
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.885, -95.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Franklin
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.565, -95.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Geary
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Geary forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.002, -96.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.417, -95.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jefferson
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lyon
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.456, -96.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Marshall
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.523 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Morris
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.687, -96.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Nemaha
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -96.014 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Osage
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Ottawa
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -97.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pottawatomie
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawatomie forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.379, -96.342 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Republic
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Republic forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.828, -97.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Riley
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Riley forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.297, -96.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Shawnee
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.042, -95.756 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wabaunsee
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.953, -96.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- January 2, 6:00 AM CST to January 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.784, -97.087 (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 Ohio, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, January 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Avalanche in Utah, January 2, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, 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: 5678396, 5678397, 5678398, 5678399, 5678400, 5678401, 5678402, 5678403, 5678404, 5678405, 5678406, 5678407, 5678408, 5678409, 5678410, 5678411, 5678412, 5678413, 5678414, 5678415, 5678416, 5678417, 5678418.