Overview
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A prolonged winter storm affected the Southern Plains on January 23rd through the 25th. This was a far reaching storm that brought hazardous winter weather from the Texas Panhandle through the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Valleys and finally across the Eastern Seaboard. While this storm produced crippling ice accumulation to many of these areas, central and eastern Kansas saw all snow. In fact, it snowed for 40 straight hours in Wichita with most locations picking up between 4 and 8 inches. Even more impressive than the snow, was the extreme cold air that spilled south across the Plains. Nine temperature records were either set or tied during the January 23rd through January 26th time frame. Both Russell and Salina saw low temperatures of -16 during this time frame with widespread wind chills in the 10 to 20 below zero range. |
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Snow/Ice
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Snow total map for Kansas |
Satellite imagery on January 26th showing the large area of snow from this event |
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Watch/warning map on January 23rd showing how expansive this winter storm was across the CONUS |
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Cold Outbreak
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| Average temperature departure for Jan 23rd - 26th. | Temperature outlook ahead of this storm | Wind chills during the morning of the 24th |
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| Wind chills during the morning of the 25th |
Storm Reports
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1240 PM Snow Toronto 37.80N 95.95W
01/25/2026 M8.0 Inch Woodson KS Public
Storm total.
0929 AM Snow 1 WSW East Wichita 37.68N 97.27W
01/25/2026 M7.7 Inch Sedgwick KS Broadcast Media
Storm total.
0837 AM Snow Moran 37.92N 95.17W
01/25/2026 M7.6 Inch Allen KS Trained Spotter
Storm total.
0838 AM Snow Humboldt 37.81N 95.44W
01/25/2026 M7.5 Inch Allen KS Public
Storm total.
0927 AM Snow 3 SSW Downtown Wichita 37.65N 97.35W
01/25/2026 M7.5 Inch Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
Storm total.
0754 AM Snow Salina 38.82N 97.62W
01/25/2026 M7.3 Inch Saline KS Public
Storm total.
1003 PM Snow 2 NNE Wichita Eisenhowe 37.68N 97.43W
01/24/2026 M7.0 Inch Sedgwick KS Public
public report, courtesy of KAKE.
1110 AM Snow Peabody 38.17N 97.11W
01/25/2026 M7.0 Inch Marion KS Public
Storm total. Relayed via broadcast media.
0114 PM Snow 7 SW Toronto 37.72N 96.02W
01/25/2026 M7.0 Inch Greenwood KS Public
Storm total.
0945 PM Snow 2 SE Salina 38.79N 97.59W
01/24/2026 M6.9 Inch Saline KS Public
0829 AM Snow 3 E Bel Aire 37.77N 97.21W
01/25/2026 M6.8 Inch Sedgwick KS Public
Storm total.
0115 PM Snow Neodesha 37.42N 95.68W
01/25/2026 M6.8 Inch Wilson KS Public
Storm total.
1132 PM Snow Augusta 37.69N 96.98W
01/24/2026 M6.8 Inch Butler KS Trained Spotter
0545 AM Snow Wichita Eisenhower Airp 37.66N 97.44W
01/25/2026 M6.6 Inch Sedgwick KS Official NWS Obs
We added 0.2 over the last 6 hours, bringing
the storm total snowfall to 6.6 inches.
1006 AM Snow 2 E Arkansas City 37.07N 97.00W
01/25/2026 M6.6 Inch Cowley KS Public
Storm total.
0833 AM Snow 1 SW Goddard 37.65N 97.59W
01/25/2026 M6.5 Inch Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
Storm total.
0113 PM Snow 3 NNE East Wichita 37.72N 97.24W
01/25/2026 M6.5 Inch Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
Delayed report. Storm total snowfall.
0830 AM Snow Anthony 37.15N 98.03W
01/25/2026 M6.4 Inch Harper KS Public
Storm total.
0655 AM Snow Hillsboro 38.35N 97.20W
01/25/2026 M6.3 Inch Marion KS Emergency Mngr
0936 AM Snow 6 WSW Glendale 38.86N 97.96W
01/24/2026 M6.0 Inch Ellsworth KS Trained Spotter
Total as of 930 AM.
0930 AM Snow Chautauqua 37.02N 96.18W
01/25/2026 M6.0 Inch Chautauqua KS CO-OP Observer
Storm total.
1241 PM Snow Sycamore 37.33N 95.72W
01/25/2026 M6.0 Inch Montgomery KS Public
Storm total.
1248 PM Snow 3 WNW Buffalo 37.72N 95.74W
01/25/2026 M6.0 Inch Wilson KS Public
Storm total.
0116 PM Snow Wellington 37.27N 97.40W
01/25/2026 M6.0 Inch Sumner KS Public
Snow total.
0136 PM Snow Fall River 37.61N 96.03W
01/25/2026 M6.0 Inch Greenwood KS Public
Storm total.
0136 PM Snow 6 WSW Stark 37.66N 95.24W
01/25/2026 M6.0 Inch Neosho KS Public
Storm total.
0826 AM Snow Lucas 39.06N 98.54W
01/25/2026 M5.6 Inch Russell KS Public
Storm total.
0935 AM Snow Galesburg 37.47N 95.36W
01/25/2026 M5.5 Inch Neosho KS Fire Dept/Rescue
Storm total with multiple measurements
ranging from 4.7 inches to 6.2 inches.
0134 PM Snow Eureka 37.82N 96.29W
01/25/2026 M5.5 Inch Greenwood KS Public
Snow total.
0943 AM Snow 4 E Hutchinson 38.09N 97.84W
01/25/2026 M5.0 Inch Reno KS Public
0950 AM Snow Hesston 38.14N 97.43W
01/25/2026 M5.0 Inch Harvey KS Public
Storm total.
1052 AM Snow 1 S Haven 37.89N 97.78W
01/25/2026 M5.0 Inch Reno KS Public
Storm total.
0113 PM Snow 2 W Batesville 37.83N 95.91W
01/25/2026 M5.0 Inch Woodson KS Public
Storm total.
1053 AM Snow 3 NW Madison 38.16N 96.18W
01/25/2026 M4.8 Inch Greenwood KS Public
1246 PM Snow 6 SSE Piedmont 37.55N 96.33W
01/25/2026 M4.8 Inch Elk KS Public
Storm total.
0600 AM Snow 2 N Coffeyville 37.07N 95.63W
01/25/2026 M4.7 Inch Montgomery KS CO-OP Observer
CO-OP Observer station CFVK1 1.8 N
Coffeyville.
0700 AM Snow 2 SE Cleveland 37.53N 98.11W
01/25/2026 M4.6 Inch Kingman KS Public
Storm total.
0137 PM Snow Howard 37.47N 96.26W
01/25/2026 M4.5 Inch Elk KS Public
Storm total.
0138 PM Snow Climax 37.72N 96.22W
01/25/2026 M4.0 Inch Greenwood KS Public
Storm total.
Environment
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