Extreme Cold in Nebraska, January 5 to 6, 2014

Name: Extreme Cold in Nebraska, January 5 to 6, 2014
Start: 2014-01-05T16:00
End: 2014-01-06T17:00
Location: Nebraska

January 5 to 6, 2014 · NWS OAX · 30 events in 30 counties and zones

S. on January 5th and 6th bringing wind chill values of 25 below to 35 below zero or colder from the afternoon of the 5th through the afternoon of the 6th over eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 30 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 30

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 OAX wrote it up.

Arctic high pressure pushed down into the central U.S. on January 5th and 6th bringing wind chill values of 25 below to 35 below zero or colder from the afternoon of the 5th through the afternoon of the 6th over eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Actual temperatures across the area fell into the single digits above zero during the afternoon of January 5th and by the morning of January 6th they fell to around 10 below or colder.|Readings only recovered back into the single digits by the afternoon of the 6th. With the initial Arctic surge during the afternoon of January 5th, northwest winds reached 25 to 35 mph with gusts into the 40s. The winds decreased overnight, and actually dropped off to around 10 mph for a while toward sunrise. However, winds picked back up into the 15 to 25 mph range during the daylight hours of January 6th before decreasing later that afternoon.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour before

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The radar

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Event by event

30 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Knox

When: January 5, 4:00 PM CST to January 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cedar

When: January 5, 4:00 PM CST to January 6, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Cedar forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Antelope

When: January 5, 5:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Antelope forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pierce

When: January 5, 5:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Pierce forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Madison

When: January 5, 5:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Thurston

When: January 5, 5:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Thurston forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 42.158, -96.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stanton

When: January 5, 5:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Wayne

When: January 5, 5:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 42.209, -97.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Boone

When: January 5, 6:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Platte

When: January 5, 6:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Platte forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.571, -97.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Colfax

When: January 5, 6:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Colfax forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.574, -97.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cuming

When: January 5, 6:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Cuming forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Dodge

When: January 5, 6:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.578, -96.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Burt

When: January 5, 6:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Burt forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.852, -96.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saunders

When: January 5, 8:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Saunders forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.226, -96.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Washington

When: January 5, 8:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.531, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Sarpy

When: January 5, 8:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Sarpy forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.113, -96.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Douglas

When: January 5, 8:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.295, -96.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Butler

When: January 5, 8:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 41.226, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Seward

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Seward forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.872, -97.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lancaster

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Lancaster forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.784, -96.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saline

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.524, -97.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jefferson

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.176, -97.143 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Gage

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Gage forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cass

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Cass forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.910, -96.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Otoe

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Otoe forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.649, -96.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Johnson

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.393, -96.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Nemaha

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Nemaha forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.388, -95.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pawnee

When: January 5, 9:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.132, -96.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Richardson

When: January 5, 10:00 PM CST to January 6, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Richardson forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.125, -95.717 (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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, January 2014

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: 482780, 482781, 482783, 482784, 482785, 482786, 482787, 482813, 482789, 482791, 482792, 482793, 482794, 482795, 482797, 482798, 482799, 482800, 482801, 482796, 482802, 482803, 482804, 482805, 482806, 482807, 482808, 482809, 482810, 482811.