Kansas, 2025

Extreme Cold in Kansas, February 18 to 21, 2025

February 18 to 21, 2025 · NWS EAX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills impacted NE Kansas between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 EAX wrote it up.

Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills impacted NE Kansas between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

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 Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 17, 5:56 PM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 5:56 PM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
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Event by event

7 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Atchison

When
February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Atchison forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.532, -95.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at St. Joseph airport reported a minimum wind chill of 23 degrees below zero at 8z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 7). Wind chills of -17 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Doniphan

When
February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Doniphan forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at St. Joseph airport reported a minimum wind chill of 23 degrees below zero at 8z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 7). Wind chills of -17 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Leavenworth

When
February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Leavenworth forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at St. Joseph airport reported a minimum wind chill of 23 degrees below zero at 8z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 7). Wind chills of -17 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Wyandotte

When
February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Wyandotte forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.115, -94.764 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Kansas City International Airport reported a minimum wind chill of 23 degrees below zero at 8z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 7). Wind chills of -17 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Johnson

When
February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Johnson forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Olathe Industrial Airport (IXD) reported a minimum wind chill of 24 degrees below zero at 13z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 8). Wind chills of -17 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Miami

When
February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Miami forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Olathe Industrial Airport (IXD) reported a minimum wind chill of 24 degrees below zero at 13z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 8). Wind chills of -17 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Linn

When
February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Linn forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
38.212, -94.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Olathe Industrial Airport (IXD) reported a minimum wind chill of 24 degrees below zero at 13z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 8). Wind chills of -17 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1240716, 1240717, 1240718, 1240723, 1240724, 1240751, 1240752.