Another surge of frigid air impacted Central Pennsylvania with extreme cold and dangerous wind chills between 28-29 January 2014. The winds were not quite as strong as the cold outbreak that occurred a few weeks earlier on 6-8 January 2014, but wind chills still managed to drop to around -30 F.
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The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.
Another surge of frigid air impacted Central Pennsylvania with extreme cold and dangerous wind chills between 28-29 January 2014. The winds were not quite as strong as the cold outbreak that occurred a few weeks earlier on 6-8 January 2014, but wind chills still managed to drop to around -30 F. Minimum temperatures averaged between 0 and -20 F.
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 State College, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 27, 10:34 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
Temperatures generally varied between -0 and -20 F with wind chills around -30 F.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, January 2014
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: 487264, 487268, 487269, 487270, 487271, 487273, 487274, 487275, 487276, 487277, 487279.