Nebraska, 2025Extreme Cold in Nebraska, February 17 to 18, 2025
February 17 to 18, 2025 · NWS OAX · 22 events in 22 counties and zones
On the evening on February 17, extreme cold pushed into much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. The event brought wind chills temperatures generally in the 30 to 37 below 0 range.
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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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.
On the evening on February 17, extreme cold pushed into much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. The event brought wind chills temperatures generally in the 30 to 37 below 0 range.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Antelope
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -35 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Boone
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -34 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Burt
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burt forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 41.852, -96.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -35 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Butler
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -36 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cedar
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -35 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Colfax
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.574, -97.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -35 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cuming
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -34 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Dodge
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.578, -96.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -31 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Douglas
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 41.295, -96.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -30 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Knox
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -31 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lancaster
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 40.784, -96.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -30 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -32 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pierce
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -35 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Platte
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Platte forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.571, -97.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -32 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saline
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -97.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Interpolation of nearby observations suggests wind chills got as low as -30 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Sarpy
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.113, -96.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -30 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Saunders
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -96.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -31 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Seward
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seward forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.872, -97.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -31 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stanton
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -36 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Thurston
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thurston forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 42.158, -96.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -31 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.531, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -35 in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Wayne
- When
- February 17, 9:00 PM CST to February 18, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 42.209, -97.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chill got as low as -32 in the county.
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
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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: 1239047, 1239080, 1239081, 1239083, 1239084, 1239085, 1239086, 1239087, 1239088, 1239090, 1239091, 1239092, 1239094, 1239095, 1239096, 1239098, 1239099, 1239100, 1239102, 1239103, 1239104, 1239105.