Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Utah
Every extreme cold/wind chill event the National Weather Service has filed in Utah, 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 Utah.
- 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
- 36
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Extreme Cold in Utah, January 17 to 22, 2025A cold front ushered in an arctic airmass on the evening of January 17th, as well as bringing widespread wind and snow to eastern Utah and western Colorado.
- Extreme Cold in Utah, January 22 to 24, 2025A cold front ushered in an arctic airmass on the evening of January 17th, as well as bringing widespread wind and snow to eastern Utah and western Colorado.
- Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Utah, January 26 to 31, 2023A series of weak disturbances resulted in light to moderate snow accumulations for much of the region to close out the month, with the highest amounts noted in the higher terrain. Additionally, the storm brought a period of anomalous cold as it departed.
- Extreme Cold and Winter Weather in Utah, February 1 to 2, 2011A Pacific low pressure system moved eastward across the area and produced significant snowfall in some mountain areas of eastern Utah. The Pacific low was quickly followed by Arctic air and gusty winds that spread southward across northeast Utah.
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Extreme Cold/Wind Chill everywhereEvery kind of event in Utah
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.