Extreme Cold in Missouri, February 18 to 21, 2025

Name: Extreme Cold in Missouri, February 18 to 21, 2025
Start: 2025-02-18T00:00
End: 2025-02-21T00:00
Location: Missouri

February 18 to 21, 2025 · NWS EAX · 37 events in 36 counties and zones

Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills impacted portions of NW Missouri and NE Kansas Feb 18 into Feb 20.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 37 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: 37

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 portions of NW Missouri and NE Kansas Feb 18 into 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

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

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Buchanan

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Buchanan forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.660, -94.806 (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, Worth

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Worth forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 40.479, -94.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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: 40.431, -95.428 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Andrew

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Andrew forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.984, -94.802 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, De Kalb

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: De Kalb forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.893, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Gentry

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Gentry forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 40.212, -94.410 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Nodaway

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Nodaway forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 40.361, -94.883 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Holt

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Holt forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 40.094, -95.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Platte

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Platte forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.381, -94.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Kansas City International Airport reported a minimum wind chill of 26 degrees below zero at 13z on Feb 20th (temp of minus 9). Wind chills of -18 or colder were reported for multiple time frames between Feb 18 and Feb 20.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Lee's Summit Airport reported wind chills around -20 on the morning of Feb 18th. The morning of Feb 20th had a coldest recorded wind chill of -24 at 13z.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Clay

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.311, -94.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Clinton

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Clinton forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.602, -94.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pettis

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Pettis forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.728, -93.285 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Sedalia Airport reported wind chills in the -15 to -18 range the morning of Feb 18th. The coldest period was the morning of Feb 20, with a minimum wind chill of -22 at 13z and 14z, with temperautres at -6 degrees.

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: 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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: 38.744, -93.806 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Henry

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.385, -93.793 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bates

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Bates forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.257, -94.340 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cooper

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Cooper forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.844, -92.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cass

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Cass forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 38.647, -94.355 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Lee's Summit Airport reported wind chills around -20 on the morning of Feb 18th. The morning of Feb 20th had a coldest recorded wind chill of -24 at 13z.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saline

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.137, -93.202 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lafayette

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Lafayette forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 39.066, -93.785 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Lee's Summit Airport reported wind chills around -20 on the morning of Feb 18th. The morning of Feb 20th had a coldest recorded wind chill of -24 at 13z.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Adair

When: February 18, 12:00 AM CST to February 21, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Adair forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 40.191, -92.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Kirksville Airport reported wind chills ranging between -20 and -24 degrees between midnight and 10 am on Feb 18th with sub zero temperatures.

Wind chills dropped to -20 degrees or colder again between 3 am and 8 am on Feb 20th, with temperatures between -5 and -7 degrees.