Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 16 to 17, 2000

Name: Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 16 to 17, 2000
Start: 2000-12-16T18:00
End: 2000-12-17T03:00
Location: Nebraska

December 16 to 17, 2000 · NWS OAX · 30 events in 30 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 30 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: 30

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.

This event was a continuation of the winter storm which impacted eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa Saturday 12/16/00. Even though northwest winds decreased to 20 to 35 mph Saturday night allowing the blowing and drifting snow to subside, dangerously cold wind chills of 35 to 50 below zero continued into the early morning hours of Sunday 12/17/00. Temperatures during this time period dropped to zero to 5 below. The wind decreased to 10 to 20 mph after 300 am on the 17th, and even though wind chill values remained cold, they moderated somewhat from the extreme values recorded earlier.

The radar

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Event by event

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

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Madison

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Antelope

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Antelope forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Boone

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Burt

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Burt forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.852, -96.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Butler

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.226, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cass

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Cass forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.910, -96.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cedar

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Cedar forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Colfax

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Colfax forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.574, -97.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cuming

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Cuming forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Dodge

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.578, -96.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Douglas

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.295, -96.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Gage

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Gage forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jefferson

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.176, -97.143 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Johnson

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.393, -96.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Knox

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lancaster

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Lancaster forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.784, -96.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Nemaha

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Nemaha forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.388, -95.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Otoe

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Otoe forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.649, -96.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pawnee

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.132, -96.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pierce

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Pierce forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Platte

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Platte forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.571, -97.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Richardson

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Richardson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.125, -95.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saline

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.524, -97.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Sarpy

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Sarpy forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.113, -96.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saunders

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Saunders forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.226, -96.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Seward

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Seward forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.872, -97.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stanton

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Thurston

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Thurston forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.158, -96.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Washington

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.531, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Wayne

When: December 16, 6:00 PM CST to December 17, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.209, -97.119 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, 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: 5167836, 5167837, 5167838, 5167839, 5167840, 5167841, 5167842, 5167843, 5167844, 5168362, 5168363, 5168364, 5168365, 5168366, 5168367, 5168368, 5168369, 5168370, 5168371, 5168372, 5168373, 5168374, 5168375, 5168376, 5168377, 5168378, 5168379, 5168380, 5168381, 5168382.