Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 10 to 31, 2000

Name: Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 10 to 31, 2000
Start: 2000-12-10T08:00
End: 2000-12-31T23:59
Location: Missouri

December 10 to 31, 2000 · NWS EAX · 37 events in 37 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 37 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: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 37

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 EAX wrote it up.

Arctic air gripped the region from around the 10th of December, through the end of the month. Except for a few hours on the 15th and 16th, temperatures remained below freezing through the entire period. Snow cover persisted from the 13th through the end of the month. Kansas City had its second coldest December on record. The Kansas City International Airport averaged 10 to 20 degrees below normal through the cold outbreak. Average highs were in the teens and twenties with average lows in the single digits. No daily records were broken. The lowest reading at the Kansas City international airport was 9 below zero and it went to 16 below zero at Maryville, both on the 22nd. Numerous broken water pipes and water mains were reported, especially in the Kansas City area. The extreme cold claimed the life of a 19 year old Lafayette county man from exposure.

The radar

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Event by event

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

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Livingston

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.782, -93.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Macon

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Macon forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.831, -92.565 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Mercer

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Mercer forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.422, -93.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Nodaway

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nodaway forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.361, -94.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pettis

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pettis forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.728, -93.285 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Platte

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Platte forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.381, -94.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Putnam

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Putnam forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.479, -93.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Randolph

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Randolph forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.440, -92.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ray

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Ray forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.352, -93.990 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saline

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.137, -93.202 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Schuyler

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Schuyler forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.470, -92.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Sullivan

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Sullivan forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.211, -93.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Worth

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Worth forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.479, -94.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Adair

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Adair forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.191, -92.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Andrew

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Andrew forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.984, -94.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Atchison

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Atchison forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.431, -95.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bates

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Bates forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.257, -94.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Buchanan

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Buchanan forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.660, -94.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Caldwell

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.656, -93.983 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Carroll

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Carroll forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.427, -93.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cass

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cass forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.647, -94.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Chariton

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Chariton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.515, -92.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Clay

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.311, -94.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Clinton

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.602, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cooper

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cooper forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.844, -92.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Daviess

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.961, -93.985 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, De Kalb

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: De Kalb forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Gentry

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Gentry forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.212, -94.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Grundy

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Grundy forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.114, -93.565 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Harrison

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Harrison forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.355, -93.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Henry

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.385, -93.793 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Holt

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Holt forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.094, -95.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Howard

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Howard forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.143, -92.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Johnson

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lafayette

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lafayette forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.066, -93.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Linn

When: December 10, 8:00 AM CST to December 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Linn forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.870, -93.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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, Lafayette	2000-12-23	19	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

Every storm in Missouri in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, 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: 5167101, 5167102, 5167103, 5167104, 5167105, 5167106, 5167107, 5167108, 5167109, 5167110, 5167111, 5167112, 5167113, 5167752, 5167753, 5167754, 5167755, 5167756, 5167757, 5167758, 5167759, 5167760, 5167761, 5167762, 5167763, 5167764, 5167855, 5167856, 5167857, 5167858, 5167859, 5167860, 5167861, 5167862, 5167863, 5167864, 5167865.