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Coldest wind chill by state


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13 hours ago, Knightking2018 said:

   Oketo/Marysville, Kansas December 24, 1983. Temp -19F winds 32 mph wind chill -52F(-78F old scale). 

   https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ks/marysville/KKSMARYS3/date/1983-12-24

   I know Emporia had a temperature of -16F with a wind of 30 mph with a wind chill of -48F(-72F old scale) on December 24, 1983. I can't prove the Emporia one but I finally found a -50F or colder in Kansas. There may be possibly a couple more out there on certain dates but this is what I have been looking for. It has been six months. 

  Wunderground has finally updated there site somewhat.

I looked everywhere else and I could not find any other data. It either does not exist or does not exists on that day. 

Good catch...the -52 seems legitimate.  I updated the list (1st post of the thread).  Same with your comments upthread for HI, OR, WA, MA. 

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8 hours ago, beavis1729 said:

Good catch...the -52 seems legitimate.  I updated the list (1st post of the thread).  Same with your comments upthread for HI, OR, WA, MA. 

  Cool. Thank You very much. Christmas Eve 1983 was so cold for a lot of areas. In Iowa wind chills on the old scale were like 90 to 95 below on that day. Some areas may have even approached 100 below on the old scale in Iowa. That would be around -65F to -70F which practically corresponds to the -64F in Waterloo. That was a -92F on the old scale. The low was -26F and the high was -15F. Ouch!!!!!!

  Here is an article regarding the Iowa wind chills from Christmas Eve 1983.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/12/24/Freezing-weather-halts-Christmas-mail-137-dead/5277441090000/

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24 minutes ago, Knightking2018 said:

  Cool. Thank You very much. Christmas Eve 1983 was so cold for a lot of areas. In Iowa wind chills on the old scale were like 90 to 95 below on that day. Some areas may have even approached 100 below on the old scale in Iowa. That would be around -65F to -70F which practically corresponds to the -64F in Waterloo. That was a -92F on the old scale. The low was -26F and the high was -15F. Ouch!!!!!!

Yeah, I was 9 years old for the December 1983 arctic outbreak, living in the Chicago suburbs. It’s my first weather memory. 

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On 6/29/2018 at 4:00 PM, beavis1729 said:

Nice.  That is an insane airmass...-23 in Akron OH with a 21 mph wind out of the SW.  Wow...

   I think that is Canton/Akron, Ohio coldest wind chill which comes out to be -53F(-73F old scale). Though Kansas has had some incredible days like Christmas Eve 1983 and December 1989 cold outbreak. Both outbreaks lasted for at least a week with subzero temperatures in some spots. I believe December 1989 likely had wind chills as cold as -50F it didn't have the winds like 1983 did but it did feature colder temperatures with some spots hitting -30F to -35F. Even 1982 and 1985 may have had possible wind chills around -50F in some areas. I kind of wonder if Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and some of the other nearby states may have matched Chicago's -60F wind chill from January 20, 1985. They are quite a bit more north than 

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  Bloomfield, Vermont -50F December 30, 1933

Richmond, Rhode Island -28F January 17, 1942

Norfolk, Connecticut -37F February 16, 1943

Millsboro, Delaware -17F January 17, 1893

Washington DC -15F February 11, 1899

River Vale, New Jersey -34F January 5, 1904

Landrum, South Carolina -22F January 21, 1985.

  I think that is a list of all the states but there is still progress. 

 

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  Sloulin International, North Dakota December 24, 1983. Temp -33 winds 24 mph wind chill -68F(-91F old scale). https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/nd/williston/KISN/date/1983-12-24

Also if you believe what this article says the wind chill in Williston, North Dakota was -71F(-100F old scale). http://www.dglobe.com/news/1357596-wind-chill-came-bragging-rights.

  Northern Minnesota also recorded a wind chill of -71F(-100F old scale) on January 9th or 10th 1982. Location is unknown.

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On 6/29/2018 at 4:00 PM, beavis1729 said:

Nice.  That is an insane airmass...-23 in Akron OH with a 21 mph wind out of the SW.  Wow...

  Oh wow!!! Canton/Akron, Ohio had a wind chill of -56F on the new scale on January 20, 1985 at 9:00 pm and at 12:00 am on January 21, 1985. The one at 9:00 pm the temp was -22F winds 30 mph wind chill -56F(-81F old scale) and the other at 12:00 am was -24F with winds of 24 mph wind chill -56F(-78F old scale). For an incredible 8 hours from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am the wind chill was -50F or colder in Canton/Akron. It ranged from -71F to -81F on the old scale. https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/oh/canton/KCAK/date/1985-1-20

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/oh/canton/KCAK/date/1985-1-21

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15 hours ago, Knightking2018 said:

  Oh wow!!! Canton/Akron, Ohio had a wind chill of -56F on the new scale on January 20, 1985 at 9:00 pm and 12:00 am on January 21, 1985. The one at 9:00 pm the temp was -22F winds 30 mph wind chill -56F(-81F old scale) and the other at 12:00 am was -24F with winds of 24 mph wind chill -56F(-78F old scale). For an incredible 8 hours from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am the wind chill was -50F or colder in Canton/Akron. It ranged from -71F to -81F on the old scale. https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/oh/canton/KCAK/date/1985-1-20

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/oh/canton/KCAK/date/1985-1-21

That airmass resulted in one of Buffalos largest blizzards of all time. The entire county of Erie got nearly 3' with record cold temps and winds over 50 mph. 

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8 hours ago, BuffaloWeather said:

That airmass resulted in one of Buffalos largest blizzards of all time. The entire county of Erie got nearly 3' with record cold temps and winds over 50 mph. 

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  I remember the snowfall we got in Kansas in the 1983-1988 range. One thing I do remember at age 3-5 was the huge drifts and the cold somewhat. We sometimes got 8-12 inches in one day and it would accumulate and when the wind came along it blew it into drifts 5 feet tall. There also was to one day back in the 1980s where ice accumulations would be as much as 2 inches and leave a sheet of ice on the Kansas Turnpike. This also occured in 1998 and 2002 that even a 600 foot tower collapsed somewhere in Kansas. 

  It is claimed by weather experts that major ice accumulation and flooding waters can have just as much power as an EF5 tornado.

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On 6/27/2018 at 8:58 AM, tamarack said:

Certainly incongruous for PWM itself, not so much for the general area.  In addition to the -37 at CON, Bridgton - 30 miles NW of PWM - also had -39.  Gardiner, 50 miles to the NE, had -35.  However, LEW, 30 miles N from PWM, only got down to -21, and the usually colder Farmington had -28.  Their all time low is also -39, in Jan. 1994 (thanks, Pinatubo) on a morning when PWM was -10.

Massabesic Lake COOP in Rockingham county had a low of -43°.

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On 7/1/2018 at 5:01 AM, Knightking2018 said:

  Sloulin International, North Dakota December 24, 1983. Temp -33 winds 24 mph wind chill -68F(-91F old scale). https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/nd/williston/KISN/date/1983-12-24

Also if you believe what this article says the wind chill in Williston, North Dakota was -71F(-100F old scale). http://www.dglobe.com/news/1357596-wind-chill-came-bragging-rights.

  Northern Minnesota also recorded a wind chill of -71F(-100F old scale) on January 9th or 10th 1982. Location is unknown.

Good catch on ND.  I updated the list (and OH too, per the other post).

Christmas Eve 1983 must have been a great night for the good folks of Williston to sit in front of the fireplace and enjoy the holiday spirit.  Those are some good old-fashioned winter conditions...wow. 

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12 hours ago, beavis1729 said:

Good catch on ND.  I updated the list (and OH too, per the other post).

Christmas Eve 1983 must have been a great night for the good folks of Williston to sit in front of the fireplace and enjoy the holiday spirit.  Those are some good old-fashioned winter conditions...wow. 

  Yeah, for sure, but I think the Watertown, Iowa -64F wind chill on December 24, 1983 and the Canton/Akron, Ohio -56F wind chill are even more impressive. I also read a news article regarding the Oketo/Marysville -52F on December 24, 1983 and it supposedly got so cold even some ducks drank water and froze to death  and hens froze solid on their perch. I can't find that article even though I just read it the other day. Also Williston had a -71F according to that metorologist in that news article. Are new articles evidence for wind chills. You took the word of an observer on regards to the Mount Washington -107F in 2004. 

  

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On 7/7/2018 at 1:51 PM, Hoosier said:

That looks like the old school TWC graphics.  Who knew that they're still in use.

   To Mr. Hoosier,

If this article is correct Muncie had a temp of -26F and a wind of 28 mph at 8 am producing a wind chill of -60F(-85F old scale). 

https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/253132969/?terms=Wind+chills++Indiana

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/in/muncie/KMIE/date/1985-1-20

  Hourly temperatures are shown and at 2 pm it has a temp of -18F which is consistent with the temp on wunderground.

    Chippewa Valley Regional, Wisconsin January 10, 1982 -28F winds 21 mph wind chill -59F(-80F old scale).

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/wi/eau-claire/KEAU/date/1982-1-10

   Appleton, Wisconsin January 10, 1982 unknown temp winds 58 mph. According to newspapers temperatures were in the -20F to -25F range at that time. Wind chills on the old scale were -100F in some parts of Marathon County, Wisconsin. 

https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/248083264/?terms=Wind%2Bchills%2BWisconsin

   Beulah, North Dakota reported a wind chill of -109F on the old scale January 10, 1982. 

https://kansashistoricalsociety.newspapers.com/image/192806510/?terms=Wind%2Bchills%2BWisconsin

Northern Kansas likely had wind chills in the low minus 50s from what I have read in newspapers. It was December 22-23, 1989. I am not going to say a record but it was truly very cold that time in Kansas. I was 9 and it was my first memory of extreme arctic cold. The wind chill was probably around -45F the morning of December 22, 1989 where I lived in Central Kansas.

  Kirksville, Missouri January 10, 1982 Temp -21 winds 22 mph wind chill -51F(-71F old scale).https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/mo/kirksville/KIRK/date/1982-1-10

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On 6/29/2018 at 4:00 PM, beavis1729 said:

Nice.  That is an insane airmass...-23 in Akron OH with a 21 mph wind out of the SW.  Wow...

  I read through some old newspapers from January 20-21, 1985 and wind chill factors in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio were as low as -85F on the old scale or around -60F on the new scale.

  Sorry about if the newspaper articles you may have to sign up to look at them and cancel within the first week or 30 days depending on the site.

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  Heilig/Scottsbluff, Nebraska December 22, 1989 -41F winds 9 mph wind chill -65F. 

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ne/scottsbluff/KBFF/date/1989-12-22

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/History.aspx?month=12

That is insane if it is true. 

Kansas and Nebraska really got it in the December of 1989 arctic outbreak. Minus 30s in Northern,Kansas and -40s in Northern, Nebraska. The coldest temperature in Kansas was -34F at Atwood and the coldest temperature in Nebraska was -47F at Oshkosh. Both occurred on December 22, 1989.

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On 6/4/2018 at 8:45 PM, BuffaloWeather said:

Anyone know what New Yorks is? Having trouble finding that stat. 

BUF's is cold Sunday I believe (Jan 17th 1982).  -37F.  Also the week before set the record for the lowest wind chill for an NFL game...the AFC Championship game in Cincy "Freezer Bowl" on jan 10th 1982. 

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  NW St Francis, Kansas February 15, 2021. Temp -26 wind 15.9 and wind chill -53.3F. Additionally I found a temp of -26.2F with a 16.2 mph wind with a wind chill of -53.8F in far NW Cheyenne County Kansas at coordinate points 40.002, -101.97. Here is the site I found it doing sub hourly at 1 and 5 minutes. 

https://www.visualcrossing.com/weather/weather-data-services#/login

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