Idaho, 2020Cold in Idaho, October 23, 2020
October 23, 2020 · NWS PIH · 1 event in 1 county or zone
On the morning of October 23rd, the city of Pocatello experienced record cold morning|for the date. Officially, there was a record low of 16 degrees at the office and airport.
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
On the morning of October 23rd, the city of Pocatello experienced record cold morning|for the date. Officially, there was a record low of 16 degrees at the office and airport. In town (and the part of Pocatello), temperatures dropped to between 20-25 degrees. Police responded around 9am to a report of a dead person. The coroner ruled preliminarily that the man likely died from exposure.
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 Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 22, 1:06 PM MST, 11 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 1:06 PM MST, 11 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Cold/Wind Chill, Lower Snake River Plain
- When
- October 23, 1:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Lower Snake River Plain forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 42.860, -112.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
On the morning of October 23rd, the city of Pocatello experienced record cold morning|for the date. Officially, there was a record low of 16 degrees at the office and airport. In town (and the part of Pocatello), temperatures dropped to between 20-25 degrees. Police responded around 9am to a report of a dead person. The coroner ruled preliminarily that the man likely died from exposure. The occurred at Simplot Square at the intersection of W Center and S Arthur.
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, October 23, 2020$1.0 million · 1 event
- Heavy Snow in Washington, October 23, 2020$203,000 · 26 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, October 23, 2020$85,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
- Flood and Hail in Indiana, October 23, 20202 injured · $28,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, October 23, 2020$25,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, October 23, 2020$28,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Ontario, October 23, 2020$25,000 · 3 events
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, October 23 to 24, 202050 kt wind · 22 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, October 23, 20201 in hail · 21 events
- Winter Storm in Montana, October 23 to 25, 202021 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, October 23 to 25, 202020 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, October 23 to 24, 202015 events
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: 925737.