Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 11, 2000

Name: Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 11, 2000
Start: 2000-12-11T06:00
End: 2000-12-11T18:00
Location: Kansas

December 11, 2000 · NWS DDC · 27 events in 27 counties and zones

Arctic air swept across the area and combined with strong north winds produced wind chill readings as low as 45 degrees below zero.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 27 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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.

Arctic air swept across the area and combined with strong north winds produced wind chill readings as low as 45 degrees below zero.

The radar

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

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Event by event

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

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Barber

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Barber forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Clark

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Comanche

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Comanche forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Edwards

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Edwards forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ellis

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Ellis forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Finney

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Finney forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ford

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Ford forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Grant

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.562, -101.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Gray

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Gray forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hamilton

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Haskell

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Haskell forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hodgeman

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hodgeman forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kearny

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Kearny forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kiowa

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Kiowa forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lane

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lane forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Meade

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Meade forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Morton

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Morton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ness

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Ness forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pawnee

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pratt

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Pratt forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Rush

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Rush forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.523, -99.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Scott

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Scott forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Seward

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Seward forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stafford

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Stafford forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.031, -98.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stanton

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stevens

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Stevens forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 37.192, -101.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Trego

When: December 11, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Trego forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.914, -99.873 (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 Kansas in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Kansas, 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: 5168563, 5168564, 5168565, 5168566, 5168567, 5168568, 5169054, 5169055, 5169056, 5169057, 5169058, 5169059, 5169060, 5169061, 5169062, 5169063, 5169064, 5169065, 5169066, 5169067, 5169068, 5169069, 5169070, 5169071, 5169072, 5169073, 5169074.