Indiana, 2025

Cold in Indiana, January 19 to 22, 2025

January 19 to 22, 2025 · NWS PAH · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

An Arctic front had moved across the Quad State region the previous day, bringing dangerous cold temperatures and breezy conditions beginning on the 19th. All of southwest Indiana experienced 3 intervals of wind chills around -5 degrees through the morning hours on the 22nd.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
6

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.

An Arctic front had moved across the Quad State region the previous day, bringing dangerous cold temperatures and breezy conditions beginning on the 19th. All of southwest Indiana experienced 3 intervals of wind chills around -5 degrees through the morning hours on the 22nd. An area of high pressure on the 20th was followed by a secondary cold front during the morning of the 21st.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 19, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 1:56 PM CST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 2:10 PM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
210 PM CST Sun Jan 19 2025

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-201200-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
210 PM CST Sun Jan 19 2025 /310 PM EST Sun Jan 19 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for portions of the area
tonight. Minimum wind chill temperatures will range from zero to
10 below zero.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

A Cold Weather Advisory will remain in effect through Monday
morning.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Pike

When
January 19, 5:00 PM CST to January 22, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Pike forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.399, -87.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Gibson

When
January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 22, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Gibson forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Vanderburgh

When
January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 22, 7:00 AM CST
Where
Vanderburgh forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Warrick

When
January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
Where
Warrick forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Spencer

When
January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 22, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Spencer forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Posey

When
January 19, 7:00 PM CST to January 22, 7:00 AM CST
Where
Posey forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.022, -87.868 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 1230571, 1230570, 1230575, 1230576, 1230577, 1230574.