Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bourbon
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 3, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Bourbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.855, -94.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Kansas, January 1 to 3, 2001
Abnormally cold temperatures continued from December into early January with readings 10 to 20 degrees below normal. Snow and ice covered fields and highways provided problems to drivers, farmers, and ranchers.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 SGF wrote it up.
Abnormally cold temperatures continued from December into early January with readings 10 to 20 degrees below normal. Snow and ice covered fields and highways provided problems to drivers, farmers, and ranchers. Temperatures managed to rise well above freezing by the end of the first week of January, allowing these problems to lessen.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cherokee
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 3, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.169, -94.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Crawford
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM CST to January 3, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 37.507, -94.852 (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
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2001
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 1, 2001
- Winter Storm in Louisiana, January 1, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 1 to 5, 2001
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 1 to 2, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, January 1 to 3, 2001
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 1, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, January 1 to 2, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Kentucky, January 1 to 4, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 1 to 4, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, January 2001
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5228726, 5228727, 5228728.