Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Morton
- When
- December 10, 12:00 AM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Morton forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
Extreme Cold in North Dakota, December 10, 2000
Early morning temperature was 18 below zero with wind chills near 60 below zero.
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 BIS wrote it up.
A frigid airmass covered the northern plains over an extended time period with subzero temperatures and dangerous wind chills.In western Morton county, in the city of Hebron, a women died due to exposure while walking home early sunday morning.Early morning temperature was 18 below zero with wind chills near 60 below zero.
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, Morton | 2000-12-10 | 43 | Female | 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
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, December 10 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Flood in Florida, December 10, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Missouri, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 10, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, December 10 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, December 10 to 11, 2000
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, 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: 5168460.