Cold/Wind Chill, Henderson
- When
- January 19, 5:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Kentucky, January 19 to 22, 2025
An Arctic front had moved across the Quad State region the previous day, bringing dangerous cold temperatures and breezy conditions beginning on the 19th. Most of western Kentucky experienced up to 3 intervals of wind chills around 0 to -5 degrees through the morning hours on the 22nd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 20 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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. Most of western Kentucky experienced up to 3 intervals of wind chills around 0 to -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. Fulton, Hickman, Graves, Calloway and Marshal County, KY did not meet criteria during the second interval through the first half 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 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.
Event by event
20 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Union
- When
- January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Daviess
- When
- January 19, 6:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Muhlenberg
- When
- January 19, 7:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Hopkins
- When
- January 19, 7:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, McLean
- When
- January 19, 8:00 PM CST to January 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- McLean forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Caldwell
- When
- January 19, 8:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- January 19, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Todd
- When
- January 19, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Christian
- When
- January 19, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lyon
- When
- January 19, 9:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Graves
- When
- January 19, 10:00 PM CST to January 22, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Graves forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Calloway
- When
- January 19, 10:00 PM CST to January 22, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Calloway forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Marshall
- When
- January 19, 10:00 PM CST to January 22, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Trigg
- When
- January 19, 10:00 PM CST to January 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Trigg forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Livingston
- When
- January 19, 11:00 PM CST to January 20, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Crittenden
- When
- January 19, 11:00 PM CST to January 22, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Fulton
- When
- January 19, 11:00 PM CST to January 22, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Hickman
- When
- January 19, 11:00 PM CST to January 22, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Ballard
- When
- January 20, 1:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ballard forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 37.058, -88.999 (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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1230693, 1230692, 1230694, 1230708, 1230709, 1230699, 1230710, 1230698, 1230705, 1230706, 1230711, 1230702, 1230703, 1230704, 1230707, 1230696, 1230697, 1230700, 1230701, 1230695.