Cold/Wind Chill in Kansas

Events

233

Deaths

1

Injuries

0

Damage

$804,000

• Cold in Kansas, February 1 to 3, 20111 death · 8 eventsA massive winter storm of historic proportions affected the region from the early morning hours January 31st through the evening hours February 1st.
• Cold in Kansas, April 4 to 15, 2007$800,000 · 23 eventsThe passage of a cold front April 3rd drove cold arctic air into the Central Plains States, and forced temperatures to plummet to some of the coolest readings ever recorded during early April.
• Cold in Kansas, February 1 to 4, 199623 eventsRecord setting to near record setting cold covered northeast and northcentral Kansas (as well as the entire central plains) from the 1st through the 4th. Daytime highs in some areas failed to reach zero.
• Cold in Kansas, January 2 to 3, 199923 eventsStrong winds and temperatures in the single digits and teens combined to produce wind chills as cold as 34 degrees below zero in some locations.
• Cold in Kansas, April 9 to 13, 199713 eventsRecord cold with low temperatures in the single digits and highs below freezing was accompanied by freezing drizzle and light snow. It was the coldest for so late in the season. Where snow cover was light, wheat received moderate to severe freeze damage.
• Cold in Kansas, June 6, 199813 eventsRecord cold early morning temperatures with lows near or slightly below freezing in most locations. Tender crops and garden suffered unknown damage. It was the coldest for so late in the season at a few locations.
• Cold in Kansas, January 2 to 3, 199913 eventsA strong Arctic Airmass combined with brisk winds resulted in Wind Chill Readings below -35 degrees across all of NW Kansas from 01/02 to 01/03.
• Cold in Kansas, December 9 to 10, 200913 eventsA cold airmass continued to grip the entire region, resulting in another night of below zero air temperatures, and wind chill values of -15 to -25 degrees across eastern Colorado, southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.
• Cold in Kansas, January 13 to 16, 202413 eventsIn the evening of the 12th, a strong cold front moved southward over the area. Behind it, an arctic airmass caused -25F wind chills to begin late in the evening of the 12th. This airmass remained until the 16th, as did the cold temperatures and wind chills.
• Cold in Kansas, February 17 to 18, 200611 eventsWinds of 10 to 20 mph combined with temperatures in the single digits resulted in wind chill readings of 15 to 20 below zero.
• Cold in Kansas, February 10, 201110 eventsA extremely cold arctic airmass settled over the region in the aftermath of the snowstorm of February 8th and 9th.
• Cold in Kansas, January 10 to 13, 19977 eventsVery cold arctic air settled over Northeast Kansas and extreme Eastern Kansas on the 10th through the 13th.
• Cold in Kansas, January 5 to 6, 20147 eventsFrigid Canadian air slammed into Kansas on January 6th, dropping wind chill values to around 30 degrees below zero.
• Cold in Kansas, December 17 to 19, 19966 eventsBitter cold wind chills near 40 below zero were the result as arctic air plunged south across North Cental Kansas aboard 30 mph north winds.
• Cold in Kansas, December 25 to 26, 19966 eventsAnother blast of cold arctic drove south across North Central Kansas on Christmas day. Temperatures falling into the single digits along with increasing north winds dropped wind chill readings to 35 below zero Christmas night.
• Cold in Kansas, January 15 to 16, 19976 eventsA stiff north wind combined with plunging temperatures to force wind chill factors to near 35 below zero across North Central Kansas.
• Cold in Kansas, January 9 to 11, 19976 eventsAn arctic air mass had its grip on North Central Kansas for several days. Winds to 30 mph and temperatures near zero forced wind chill factors to 40 to 50 below zero at times.
• Cold in Kansas, December 20 to 23, 19986 eventsAfter weeks of unseasonably warm weather across north-central Kansas, a strong arctic surge brought a quick end to the warmth. Temperatures steadily declined into the single digits by the evening of the 20th as arctic air sagged south across the area.
• Cold in Kansas, February 14, 20076 eventsA frigid arctic air mass pushed into the area. A few counties experienced very cold wind chill readings of 15 to 20 below zero with winds around 10 mph. These readings began in the predawn hours and lasted through much of the forenoon.
• Cold in Kansas, February 15, 20076 eventsA persistent arctic airmass brought another episode of frigid wind chill values to a few counties. Although this episode was not quite as extreme as the night before, chill indices still reached 15 below zero for a few hours and winds hovered around 10 mph.
• Extreme Cold and Winter Weather in Kansas, December 22 to 24, 20226 eventsA storm system initially brought one to two hours of freezing drizzle during the early morning hours of December 22nd before precipitation changed over to light snow.
• Cold in Kansas, March 11, 19983 eventsExtremely cold temperatures occurred with gusty winds. Temperatures fell to 2 degrees at Dighton...6 degrees at Garden City with a wind chill of -41...and to 8 degrees at syracuse with a wind chill of -30.
• Cold in Kansas, January 20 to 21, 20253 eventsAn anomalously cold airmass moved into far southeastern Kansas on January 20th onto the 21st bringing low temperatures around from zero to -5 degree highs in the teens to lower 20s with wind chills in -5 to -15 degree range for some locations.
• Cold in Kansas, January 10, 19972 eventsWind chills between 40 and 50 degrees below zero forced the closing of all school districts in Lyon County and several school districts in Coffey County. John Redmond Reservoir recorded a wind chill of 47 degrees below zero at 805 AM.
• Cold in Kansas, January 7 to 9, 2010$4,000 · 2 eventsAn unusually cold Arctic airmass came across the area on January 6th and stayed through January 9th. This area has not seen a cold airmass like this since December 2005, and even February 1996 before that.

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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 2026-09-24.