Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ballard
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ballard forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Kentucky, January 15, 2009
In the wake of an arctic cold front, gusty northwest winds from 15 to 25 mph combined with a surge of arctic air to produce wind chills from minus 5 to minus 10 degrees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 22 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
- 22
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 PAH wrote it up.
In the wake of an arctic cold front, gusty northwest winds from 15 to 25 mph combined with a surge of arctic air to produce wind chills from minus 5 to minus 10 degrees.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
22 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Caldwell
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Calloway
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Calloway forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Carlisle
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carlisle forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Christian
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Crittenden
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Daviess
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Fulton
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Graves
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Graves forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Henderson
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hickman
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hopkins
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Livingston
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lyon
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Marshall
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, McCracken
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCracken forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, McLean
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- McLean forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Muhlenberg
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Todd
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Trigg
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Trigg forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Union
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- January 15, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (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
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 15 to 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Wisconsin, January 15 to 16, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 15 to 18, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 15, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, January 15 to 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, January 15, 2009
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 15, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Indiana, January 15, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Indiana, January 15 to 16, 2009
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2009
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: 149037, 149038, 149039, 149041, 149042, 149043, 149044, 149045, 149046, 149047, 149048, 149049, 149050, 149051, 149052, 149053, 149054, 149055, 149056, 149057, 149058, 149059.