Extreme Cold and Cold in Illinois, January 25 to 26, 2022

Name: Extreme Cold and Cold in Illinois, January 25 to 26, 2022
Start: 2022-01-25T18:00
End: 2022-01-26T11:00
Location: Illinois

January 25 to 26, 2022 · NWS LOT · 25 events in 19 counties and zones

Wind chills dropped to 20 below to 30 below zero across most of northern Illinois during the morning of January 26th with some areas dropping into the 30 below to 40 below zero range.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 25 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: 25

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 LOT wrote it up.

Wind chills dropped to 20 below to 30 below zero across most of northern Illinois during the morning of January 26th with some areas dropping into the 30 below to 40 below zero range.

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 Chicago, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 25, 5:23 PM CST, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 5:23 PM CST, 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 3:33 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

22 cold/wind chill, 3 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Kane

When: January 25, 6:00 PM CST to January 26, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Kane forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 41.939, -88.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, De Kalb

When: January 25, 9:00 PM CST to January 26, 4:00 AM CST
Where: De Kalb forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.894, -88.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Winnebago

When: January 25, 10:00 PM CST to January 26, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Winnebago forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.336, -89.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Ogle

When: January 25, 10:00 PM CST to January 26, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Ogle forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 42.043, -89.321 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Lee

When: January 25, 10:00 PM CST to January 26, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.746, -89.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Boone

When: January 25, 11:00 PM CST to January 26, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.323, -88.823 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, McHenry

When: January 25, 11:00 PM CST to January 26, 10:00 AM CST
Where: McHenry forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 42.324, -88.452 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Du Page

When: January 25, 11:00 PM CST to January 26, 9:00 AM CST
Where: Du Page forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 41.852, -88.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Kendall

When: January 26, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Kendall forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.591, -88.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Grundy

When: January 26, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Grundy forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.285, -88.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Will County

When: January 26, 2:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Southern Will County forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.445, -87.979 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Will County

When: January 26, 2:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Northern Will County forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.445, -87.979 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, La Salle

When: January 26, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: La Salle forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.344, -88.886 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Kankakee

When: January 26, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Kankakee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.138, -87.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kane

When: January 26, 3:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where: Kane forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 41.939, -88.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Will County

When: January 26, 3:30 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Eastern Will County forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.445, -87.979 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cook County

When: January 26, 3:30 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Southern Cook County forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.895, -87.646 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Lake

When: January 26, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Lake forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.349, -87.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Livingston

When: January 26, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 40.892, -88.558 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Iroquois

When: January 26, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Iroquois forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 40.747, -87.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, De Kalb

When: January 26, 4:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where: De Kalb forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.894, -88.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lee

When: January 26, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.746, -89.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, De Kalb

When: January 26, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: De Kalb forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.894, -88.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Kane

When: January 26, 7:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Kane forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 41.939, -88.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Lee

When: January 26, 8:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Lee forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.746, -89.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
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

Every storm in Illinois in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Illinois, January 2022

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: 1002068, 1002065, 1002036, 1002042, 1002062, 1002037, 1002038, 1002044, 1002049, 1002052, 1002059, 1002060, 1002047, 1002054, 1002069, 1002058, 1002061, 1002040, 1002055, 1002057, 1002066, 1002063, 1002067, 1002070, 1002064.