Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Douglas
- When
- February 27, 4:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.464, -91.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Wisconsin, February 27, 2014
Dangerous wind chills of -35 to -45 degrees below zero developed across parts of northwest Wisconsin early February 27th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 DLH wrote it up.
Dangerous wind chills of -35 to -45 degrees below zero developed across parts of northwest Wisconsin early February 27th.
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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 27, 3:29 AM CST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 3:29 AM CST, 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 11:40 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1140 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-271130- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 1140 PM CST WED FEB 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND STRONG WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED LATE THIS EVENING...AND THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SOME REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL HOWEVER CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ALONG THE SHORE SHORE...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN IRON AND ASHLAND COUNTIES WILL BE UP TO AN INCH. ARCTIC AIR WILL SURGE INTO NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND ARCTIC AIR WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF ABOUT 35 TO 50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND LINGERING INTO THURSDAY. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ARROWHEAD AND IRON RANGE. WIND CHILL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE NORTHLAND. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE ISSUED BY THE DULUTH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN WILL LINGER INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING...BUT THERE WILL BE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE MORNING. THE VERY COLD WEATHER PATTERN...WITH PERSISTENT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF AT LEAST 10 TO 15 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PERIODIC WIND CHILL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS WILL BE REQUIRED...MOST LIKELY DURING THE OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH RECORD COLD LEVELS FOR LATE FEBRUARY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME AS A LARGE AREA OF BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIR MOVES SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION FROM CANADA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. MELDE MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Washburn
- When
- February 27, 4:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washburn forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.899, -91.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bayfield
- When
- February 27, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bayfield forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.635, -91.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ashland
- When
- February 27, 5:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ashland forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.510, -90.720 (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
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Montana, February 27 to 28, 2014
- Cold in Illinois, February 27, 2014
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Nevada, February 27 to 28, 2014
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 27, 2014
- Winter Storm in Montana, February 27 to 28, 2014
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 27, 2014
- Cold and Winter Weather in Michigan, February 27 to 28, 2014
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, February 27, 2014
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, February 27 to 28, 2014
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 27, 2014
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 27 to 28, 2014
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Montana, February 27 to 28, 2014
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, February 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 512546, 512547, 512548, 512549.