Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Adair
- When
- December 19, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Adair forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.331, -94.471 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Iowa, December 19, 2000
Very cold air descended on Iowa. One death was reported due to the cold.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
Very cold air descended on Iowa. One death was reported due to the cold. An 85 year old man fell outside his home in Greenfield and apparently was not visible from the street. He was unable to get up and died of hypothermia.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 extreme 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Adair | 2000-12-19 | 85 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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
- Cold in North Carolina, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Georgia, December 19, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 19, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, December 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 19 to 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5166854.