The coldest airmass since December of 1989 descended upon the Mid-South right before Christmas. Gusty north winds combined with very cold temperatures produced wind chills as low as 25 degrees below zero across the Missouri Bootheel from late Thursday, December 22nd into Friday, December 23rd.
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.
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.
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
The coldest airmass since December of 1989 descended upon the Mid-South right before Christmas. Gusty north winds combined with very cold temperatures produced wind chills as low as 25 degrees below zero across the Missouri Bootheel from late Thursday, December 22nd into Friday, December 23rd. Temperatures dropped to between 0 and 5 degrees below zero during the morning of Friday, December 23rd. Numerous frozen pipes occurred in residential houses and businesses across the region. Wind chills remained below zero into the morning hours of December 24th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 extreme cold/wind chill, 2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind chill values fell to around 25 degrees below zero and low temperatures reached 4 degrees below zero.
Wind chill values fell to around 25 degrees below zero and low temperatures reached 3 degrees below zero.
Wind chill values remained below zero.
Wind chill values remained below zero.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, December 2022
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: 1074636, 1074637, 1075069, 1075070.