Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kossuth
- When
- February 14, 3:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kossuth forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 43.204, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Iowa, February 14, 2020
Arctic air settled across Iowa, however wind diminished some allowing for a less extensive area of -30 F wind chill across Iowa compared to previous day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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 DMX wrote it up.
Arctic air settled across Iowa, however wind diminished some allowing for a less extensive area of -30 F wind chill across Iowa compared to previous day.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Humboldt
- When
- February 14, 3:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 42.777, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Winnebago
- When
- February 14, 3:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Winnebago forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -93.734 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cerro Gordo
- When
- February 14, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -93.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Worth
- When
- February 14, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Worth forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 43.377, -93.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Emmet
- When
- February 14, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -94.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Palo Alto
- When
- February 14, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -94.678 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 877117, 877120, 877121, 877118, 877122, 877116, 877119.