Kansas, 2025

Winter Weather in Kansas, December 4 to 5, 2025

December 4 to 5, 2025 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A portion of Interstate 70 closed the morning of the 4th due to very slick conditions, and a report of multiple slide offs due to freezing fog and freezing drizzle overnight. That evening melting snow refroze compounding the already slick roadways.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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What happened

The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.

A portion of Interstate 70 closed the morning of the 4th due to very slick conditions, and a report of multiple slide offs due to freezing fog and freezing drizzle overnight. That evening melting snow refroze compounding the already slick roadways.

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1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Sherman

When
December 4, 4:40 PM MST to December 5, 5:15 AM MST
Where
Sherman forecast zone
Reported by
911 Call Center
Coordinates
39.351, -101.720 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sherman county dispatch reported multiple slide offs due to very slick conditions along Interstate 70. The slick conditions were from re-freeze of light snow from earlier in the day, followed by brief periods of freezing drizzle, freezing rain and freezing fog. The NWS in Goodland measured 0.02 inches of ice accumulation from all of this combined at the office. Interstate 70 was closed from Goodland to the Kansas/Colorado line for around an hour the morning of the 5th due to the conditions.

Key Impacts: slick roadways, icy driving conditions.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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: 1296254.