Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000

Name: Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000
Start: 2000-12-18T22:00
End: 2000-12-19T03:00
Location: Iowa

December 18 to 19, 2000 · NWS OAX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

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Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

8 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Mills

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Mills forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.034, -95.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Fremont

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Fremont forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.746, -95.605 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Harrison

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Harrison forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.683, -95.817 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Monona

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Monona forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.052, -95.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Montgomery

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.030, -95.156 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Page

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Page forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.739, -95.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pottawattamie

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Pottawattamie forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.337, -95.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Shelby

When: December 18, 10:00 PM CST to December 19, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Shelby forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.685, -95.310 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill: Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Iowa in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, December 2000

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: 5165987, 5165988, 5165989, 5165990, 5165991, 5165992, 5165993, 5165994.