Indiana, 2022

Extreme Cold in Indiana, December 22 to 24, 2022

December 22 to 24, 2022 · NWS LOT · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

An arctic cold front moved across northwest Indiana during the late afternoon and early evening of December 22nd. Temperatures were in the middle 30s ahead of the front and fell into the single digits within hours after the cold front passed.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
5

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.

An arctic cold front moved across northwest Indiana during the late afternoon and early evening of December 22nd. Temperatures were in the middle 30s ahead of the front and fell into the single digits within hours after the cold front passed. Low temperatures by the morning of December 23rd ranged from 5 below to 10 below zero. High temperatures on December 23rd remained in the low single digits below zero. Winds gusted as high as 55 mph through the morning of December 23rd and continued gusting to 40 mph through the evening of December 23rd. The combination of strong winds and sub zero temperatures produced wind chills between 30 below and 42 below zero. While temperatures slowly warmed to near zero by the morning of December 24th, winds continued gusting to 35 mph. Wind chills finally warmed above 20 below zero by the late morning of December 24th.

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 Dec 22, 6:42 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 6:42 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

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

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Benton

When
December 22, 11:00 PM EST to December 24, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Benton forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.606, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Newton

When
December 22, 11:00 PM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
Where
Newton forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
40.956, -87.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lake

When
December 23, 12:00 AM CST to December 24, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Lake forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
41.472, -87.376 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Porter

When
December 23, 12:00 AM CST to December 24, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Porter forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
41.509, -87.073 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jasper

When
December 23, 12:00 AM CST to December 24, 9:00 AM CST
Where
Jasper forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
41.023, -87.116 (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

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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: 1070104, 1070102, 1070100, 1070101, 1070103.