Cold/Wind Chill, Broome
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in New York, January 21 to 22, 2005
Bitter cold arctic air moved into the region on the 20th and 21st, remaining into the 22nd. Winds the night of the 21st to the 22nd were 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 20 mph around sunrise on the 22nd ahead of an approaching storm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 18 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
- 18
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 BGM wrote it up.
Bitter cold arctic air moved into the region on the 20th and 21st, remaining into the 22nd. Winds the night of the 21st to the 22nd were 5 to 10 mph, increasing to 10 to 20 mph around sunrise on the 22nd ahead of an approaching storm. The increased wind also caused temperatures to rise. Low temperatures that night were 10 to 25 below zero Fahrenheit. Wind chill temperatures were mostly in the 25 to 35 below zero range.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
18 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Chemung
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chemung forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.141, -76.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Chenango
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chenango forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cortland
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cortland forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Delaware
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Oneida
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Oneida forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Onondaga
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Onondaga forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Otsego
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Schuyler
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Schuyler forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Seneca
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Seneca forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.781, -76.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cayuga
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Cayuga forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.010, -76.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Oneida
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Oneida forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Steuben
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Steuben forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.268, -77.384 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sullivan
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tioga
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tompkins
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tompkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.452, -76.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Yates
- When
- January 21, 10:00 PM EST to January 22, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yates forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 42.633, -77.105 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 21, 2005
- Cold in Maine, January 21, 2005
- Cold in New York, January 21, 2005
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 21 to 22, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 21 to 22, 2005
More
Every storm in New York in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2005
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: 5435206, 5435207, 5435208, 5435209, 5435210, 5435211, 5435212, 5435213, 5435214, 5435215, 5435216, 5435217, 5435218, 5435219, 5435220, 5435221, 5435222, 5435223.