Freezing Fog, Wayne
- When
- January 9, 3:30 AM CST to 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -88.426 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Freezing Fog in Illinois, January 9, 2025
Calming winds and clearing skies allowed for freezing fog development in far northern portions of Southern Illinois near the I-64 corridor. Visibility dropped to under a quarter mile at times during the pre-dawn and early morning hours at Fairfield Municipal Airport and Mount Carmel Municipal Airport as temperatures fell to the low single digits to near 0.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 PAH wrote it up.
Calming winds and clearing skies allowed for freezing fog development in far northern portions of Southern Illinois near the I-64 corridor. Visibility dropped to under a quarter mile at times during the pre-dawn and early morning hours at Fairfield Municipal Airport and Mount Carmel Municipal Airport as temperatures fell to the low single digits to near 0. Coverage of freezing fog was more widespread further north/east outside the coverage area including at Flora and Vincennes.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 freezing fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Freezing Fog, Edwards
- When
- January 9, 3:30 AM CST to 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Edwards forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.417, -88.053 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Freezing Fog, Wabash
- When
- January 9, 3:30 AM CST to 8:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wabash forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.446, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Freezing Fog
- Fog that froze on contact with roads, vehicles or structures.
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The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Louisiana, January 9, 2025
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Missouri, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Texas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Texas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Winter Weather in Texas, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Heavy Snow and Sleet in Mississippi, January 9 to 10, 2025
- Cold in North Carolina, January 9, 2025
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1229213, 1229214, 1229215.