Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Oklahoma
Every extreme cold/wind chill event the National Weather Service has filed in Oklahoma, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
The most significant on the map
The most significant extreme cold/wind chill episodes in Oklahoma.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 123
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, January 28, 2000A 67-year old man was found dead in the snow in his front yard in Guthrie due to hypothermia. Nearly 10 inches of snow fell across Guthrie the 2 previous days, and highs on the 28th were only in the mid 20s.
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, January 30, 2000A 49-year old woman was found dead in the snow in her neighbor's front yard in Oklahoma City due to hypothermia. Nearly 10 inches of snow fell across Oklahoma City several days before, and highs on the 30th were only in the 30s.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Oklahoma, February 18 to 21, 2025A pronounced intrusion of arctic air arrived across the Southern Plains behind a cold front on the 18th, resulting in a prolonged period of dangerous cold/wind chills that persisted through the 21st.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in Oklahoma, January 20 to 21, 2025An expansive, high-amplitude upper trough sat across the eastern two-thirds of the CONUS during the middle of the month. An embedded system (and associated surface front) made quick southeastward progress across the Plains on the 20th.
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, December 22, 2022Arctic cold combined with 40-60mph winds to produce extremely cold wind chills across much of northern and western Oklahoma, where wind chills of -20 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit were observed.
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, January 13 to 14, 2024Behind the passage of a high amplitude/strong upper wave on the 11th, a prolonged cold intrusion, originating across high latitudes, impacted much of the central United States. Wind chill readings as low as -20 to -25 degrees were noted.
- Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, February 2 to 3, 2022A strong winter storm system brought some really dry snow and below freezing temperatures to the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles during the first week of February.
- Extreme Cold and Freezing Fog in Oklahoma, February 9 to 15, 2021A historic outbreak of arctic air resulted in record breaking cold temperatures during an extreme cold spell that lasted almost two weeks for some locations across the combined Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles.
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, December 17, 2016An strong surface arctic cold front worked south across the Panhandles starting around 00Z on the 17th across the OK Panhandle moving slowly south until exiting the TX Panhandle around 12Z on the 17th.
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Extreme Cold/Wind Chill everywhereEvery kind of event in Oklahoma
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 2026-09-24.