Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM EST to 3:30 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures as low as -18 F.
Extreme Cold in New York, February 6, 2022
High pressure and cold air advection due to northwest flow brought temperatures down to around -20 F in portions of Central New York in the morning on the 6th.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- 4
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 BGM wrote it up.
High pressure and cold air advection due to northwest flow brought temperatures down to around -20 F in portions of Central New York in the morning on the 6th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Oneida
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Oneida forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures as low as -18 F.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Oneida
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Oneida forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures as low as -18 F.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Otsego
- When
- February 6, 3:00 AM EST to 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Low temperatures as low as -19 F.
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
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: 1005952, 1005954, 1005955, 1005956.