A blast of record cold air moves into the central United States, with the initial cold front moving over western Kansas on Monday night. Tuesday and Wednesday brought cold temperatures into the -20F to -30F range not just for the morning hours but lingering into the daytime hours.
Every event with a place to put it; 22 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 DDC wrote it up.
A blast of record cold air moves into the central United States, with the initial cold front moving over western Kansas on Monday night. Tuesday and Wednesday brought cold temperatures into the -20F to -30F range not just for the morning hours but lingering into the daytime hours. A period of light to at times moderate snow fell along with this initial period of cold air intrusion, and prompted a winter storms warning and advisories for most of the area.
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 Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 17, 5:05 PM CST, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Dodge City KS 308 AM CST Mon Feb 17 2025 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-180915- Trego-Ellis-Scott-Lane-Ness-Rush-Hamilton-Kearny-Finney-Hodgeman- Pawnee-Stafford-Stanton-Grant-Haskell-Gray-Ford-Edwards-Kiowa- Pratt-Morton-Stevens-Seward-Meade-Clark-Comanche-Barber- 308 AM CST Mon Feb 17 2025 /208 AM MST Mon Feb 17 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Kansas, south central Kansas, southwest Kansas, and west central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A winter storm moving out of the southern Rockies into the Western High Plains is expected to bring snow to the area tonight through late Tuesday. The best chance accumulating snow is expected to be across central Kansas, including the I-70 corridor, through early Tuesday morning. An arctic airmass arriving tonight into early Tuesday combined with windy conditions will result in hazardous wind chills. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday The best chance for accumulating snow is expected to shift south- southeast into south central Kansas Tuesday. Hazardous wind chills will continue through early Thursdsay. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
22 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -28F 2/19 at 7:54 AM. Wind gusts over the period reached up to 37 mph.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -29F 2/18 at 10:41 AM. Wind gusts reached 34 mph during this period.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -28F 2/19 at 1:15 AM. Wind gusts reached 36 mph during this period.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -26F 2/19 at 5:35 AM. Gusts up to 32 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -25F 2/19 at 4:55 AM. Wind gusts over the period reached up to 25 mph.
Wind chills briefly moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria and hovering around criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -23F 2/19 at 2:55 AM. Gusts up to 15 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -29F 2/19 at 2:44 AM. Gusts up to 30 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -22F on 2/20 at 6:57 AM. Gusts up to 27 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills briefly moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria and hovering around criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -21F 2/20 at 4:45 AM. Gusts up to 24 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -27F 2/18 at 7:45 AM. Gusts up to 25 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills briefly moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria and hovering around criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -20F 2/18 at 9:00 AM. Gusts up to 15 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills briefly reaching into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria and hovering around criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -25F 2/18 at 9:00 AM. Gusts up to 20 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -23F 2/19 at 1:15 AM. Wind gusts reached 28 mph during this period.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -24F 2/19 at 6:32 AM. Wind gusts over the period reached up to 25 mph.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -24F 2/19 at 2:35 AM. Wind gusts over the period reached up to 24 mph.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -24F 2/19 at 7:15 AM. Wind gusts over the period reached up to 24 mph.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -23F 2/19 at 5:55 AM. Wind gusts over the period reached up to 21 mph.
Wind chills briefly moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria and hovering around criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -25F 2/18 at 9:00 AM. Gusts up to 30 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills consistently moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -24F on 2/18 at 10:00 AM. Winds up to 16 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills briefly moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria and hovering around criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -24F 2/18 at 10:00 AM. Gusts up to 17 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills briefly moving into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria and hovering around criteria with wind chills dropping as low as -22F 2/19 at 2:00 AM. Gusts up to 15 mph were reached during the event.
Wind chills very briefly moved into Extreme Cold Warning Criteria with wind chills around -20F 2/19 at 7:00 AM, and lasted for a few hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 2025
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: 1231335, 1231337, 1231353, 1231338, 1231369, 1231371, 1231333, 1231344, 1231351, 1231358, 1231655, 1231656, 1231352, 1231627, 1231370, 1231356, 1231360, 1231348, 1231639, 1231354, 1231372, 1231649.