Ohio, 2026

Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 28, 2026

January 28, 2026 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Surface high pressure maintained dry weather and light wind across the area. Most saw minimum wind chill values into the positive and negative single digits with the exception of a -26F reading at KPHD.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 PBZ wrote it up.

Surface high pressure maintained dry weather and light wind across the area. Most saw minimum wind chill values into the positive and negative single digits with the exception of a -26F reading at KPHD.

The radar

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Event by event

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

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Tuscarawas

When
January 28, 7:53 AM EST
Where
Tuscarawas forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.441, -81.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Minimum wind chill values across the county generally ranged in the negative single digits with the exception of a -26 degree reading at the New Philadelphia Airport ASOS in the morning hours on the 28th.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1305155.