Extreme Cold and Cold in Nebraska, December 20 to 21, 2008

New snowfall of an inch or two fell during the morning of 12/20. This was on top of 5 to 10 inches that fell a few days prior. As an Arctic front plunged across the area, northwest winds increased to 25 to 40 mph. The strong winds caused significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities frequently fell to a mile or less during this period and many east-west roads were blown shut. In addition, falling temperatures and the strong winds created wind chill values of 20 below to 30 below zero.

New snowfall of an inch or two fell during the morning of 12/20. This was on top of 3 to 6 inches of snow that fell a few days prior. As an Arctic front plunged across the area, northwest winds increased to 25 to 40 mph. The strong winds caused significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities frequently fell to a mile or less during this period and many east-west roads were blown shut. In addition, falling temperatures and the strong winds created wind chill values of 20 below to 30 below zero.

New snowfall of an inch or two fell during the morning of 12/20. This was on top of 7 to 10 inches of snow that fell a few days prior. As an Arctic front plunged across the area, northwest winds increased to 25 to 40 mph. The strong winds caused significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities frequently fell to a mile or less during this period and many east-west roads were blown shut. In addition, falling temperatures and the strong winds created wind chill values of 20 below to 30 below zero.

New snowfall of an inch or so fell during the morning of 12/20. This was on top of 7 to 10 inches of snow that fell a few days prior. As an Arctic front plunged across the area, northwest winds increased to 25 to 40 mph. The strong winds caused significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities frequently fell to a mile or less during this period and many east-west roads were blown shut. In addition, falling temperatures and the strong winds created wind chill values of 20 below to 25 below zero.

New snowfall of an inch or so fell during the morning of 12/20. This was on top of 7 to 10 inches of snow that fell a few days prior. As an Arctic front plunged across the area, northwest winds increased to 25 to 40 mph. The strong winds caused significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities frequently fell to a mile or two during this period and many east-west roads were blown shut. In addition, falling temperatures and the strong winds created wind chill values of 20 below to 25 below zero.

New snowfall of an inch or so fell during the morning of 12/20. This was on top of 6 to 10 inches of snow that fell a few days prior. As an Arctic front plunged across the area, northwest winds increased to 25 to 40 mph. The strong winds caused significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities frequently fell to a mile or two during this period and many east-west roads were blown shut. In addition, falling temperatures and the strong winds created wind chill values of 20 below to 25 below zero.

New snowfall of an inch or two fell during the morning of 12/20. This was on top of 6 to 10 inches of snow that fell a few days prior. As an Arctic front plunged across the area, northwest winds increased to 25 to 40 mph. The strong winds caused significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities frequently fell to a mile or less during this period and many east-west roads were blown shut. In addition, falling temperatures and the strong winds created wind chill values of 20 below to 25 below zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 32 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused significant blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing many east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 32 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused significant blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing many east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 30 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused significant blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing many east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 30 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused significant blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing many east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 30 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused significant blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing many east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 30 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused significant blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing many east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 30 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused areas of blowing and drifting snow.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 30 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused significant blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing many east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused areas of blowing and drifting snow creating poor visibilities and closing some east-west roads.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused areas of blowing and drifting snow and poor visibilities along with the dangerously cold wind chill values.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused areas of blowing and drifting snow and poor visibilities along with the dangerously cold wind chill values.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused areas of blowing and drifting snow and poor visibilities along with the dangerously cold wind chill values.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused areas of blowing and drifting snow and poor visibilities along with the dangerously cold wind chill values.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell from the low single digits above zero during the morning of 12/20, to the low single digits below zero from the afternoon of the 20th through the afternoon of the 21st, wind chill values fell to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Northwest winds of 25 to 40 mph were reported during the morning through afternoon of 12/20 which caused areas of blowing and drifting snow and poor visibilities along with the dangerously cold wind chill values.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to the low single digits below zero by the evening of the 20th, wind chill values dropped to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range into the evening of the 21st but winds by that time mainly dropped below 10 mph.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to the low single digits below zero by the evening of the 20th, wind chill values dropped to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range into the evening of the 21st but winds by that time mainly dropped below 10 mph.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to the low single digits below zero by the evening of the 20th, wind chill values dropped to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range into the evening of the 21st but winds by that time mainly dropped below 10 mph.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to the low single digits below zero by the evening of the 20th, wind chill values dropped to 20 below to about 25 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range into the evening of the 21st but winds by that time mainly dropped below 10 mph.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero by late evening of the 20th, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around noon on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around noon on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around noon on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around noon on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around noon on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around noon on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around 10 am CST on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around 10 am CST on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around 10 am CST on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

An Arctic cold front that plunged southeast across the area brought falling temperatures and dangerously cold wind chill values. As readings fell to around zero during the early morning hours of 12/21, wind chill values dropped to around 20 below zero. Wind chill values remained in that range until around 10 am CST on the 21st when winds decreased a bit and temperatures moderated to the mid single digits above zero.

Temperatures in the mid single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of around 25 mph and produced around a 4 hour period of wind chill values of 30 below to 35 below zero across the region. Wind chill values of 20 below or colder began around noon on the 20th and then persisted several more hours after this.

Temperatures in the mid single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of around 25 mph and produced around a 4 hour period of wind chill values of 30 below to 35 below zero across the region. Wind chill values of 20 below or colder began around noon on the 20th and then persisted several more hours after this.