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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Across the South; Heat Spreads Across the West and Southern Plains

A couple of frontal boundaries will move east and south from the Plains to the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines. These boundaries will focus showers and thunderstorms through the weekend, with scattered severe thunderstorms from the Southern Plains and across the Gulf Coast states. Locally heavy rainfall may also occur, which may be welcome news across drought areas. Meanwhile, heat spreads westward. Read More >

 

Coldest Wind Chill Temperatures By Winter Season

Winter Season Date Wind Chill
1950-1951 2/2/1951 -26
1951-1952 12/15/1951 -10
1952-1953 2/17/1953 5
1953-1954 1/12/1954 -12
1954-1955 2/11/1955 -20
1955-1956 1/26/1956 -7
1956-1957 1/14/1957 -16
1957-1958   2/16/1958   2/17/1958 -21
1958-1959 1/4/1959 -15
1959-1960 3/6/1960 -19
1960-1961 1/28/1961 -26
1961-1962 1/10/1962 -26
1962-1963 1/23/1963 -31
1963-1964 12/19/1963 -17
1964-1965 12/18/1964 -9
1969-1970 1/8/1970 -27
1970-1971 2/9/1971 -15
1971-1972 1/16/1972 -22
1972-1973 12/17/1972 -7
1973-1974 12/21/1973 -15
1974-1975 2/9/1975 -5
1975-1976 1/8/1976 -16
1976-1977 1/17/1977 -31
1977-1978 1/26/1978 -25
1978-1979 2/9/1979 -25
1979-1980 2/1/1980 -15
1980-1981 2/11/1981 -18
1981-1982 1/10/1982 -34
1982-1983 1/18/1983 6
1983-1984 12/24/1983 -31
1984-1985 1/20/1985 -41
1985-1986 1/27/1986 -23
1986-1987 1/23/1987 -7
1987-1988 2/6/1988 -14
1988-1989 2/6/1989 -4
1989-1990 12/22/1989 -35
1990-1991 2/15/1991 -10
1991-1992 1/15/1992 -11
1992-1993 2/18/1993 -12
1993-1994 1/18/1994 -29
1994-1995 2/12/1995 -9
1995-1996 2/3/1996 -25
1996-1997 1/11/1997 -18
1997-1998 12/31/1997 -1
1998-1999 1/4/1999 -9
1999-2000 1/24/2000 -4
2000-2001 12/17/2000 -15
2001-2002 3/4/2002 0
2002-2003 1/24/2003 -14
2003-2004 1/31/2004 -10
2004-2005 12/24/2004 -11
2005-2006 12/9/2005 -8
2006-2007 2/5/2007 -8
2007-2008 1/24/2008 -5
2008-2009 1/15/2009 -12
2009-2010 1/10/2010 -8
2010-2011 12/14/2010 -8
2011-2012 1/12/2012 2
2012-2013 2/1/2013 -3
2013-2014 1/6/2014 -22
2014-2015 2/19/2015 -15
2015-2016 1/18/2016 -3
2016-2017 1/7/2017 -5
2017-2018 1/1/2018 -13
2018-2019 1/30/2019 -19
2019-2020 2/14/2020 -1
2020-2021 2/16/2021 -11
2021-2022 1/7/2022 -6
2022-2023 12/23/2022 -30

 

Period of Record: January 1, 1950 - December 28, 2022

(**No wind chill data for 1965-1969)

All wind chills calculated using new formula developed in 2001.

 

All Wind Chill Days of -10 and Below on Record

There have been 566 days on record, from 1950-2018, with subzero wind chill readings in Evansville, IN.

(**This doesn't include 1965-1969, as no wind chill data is available for that time period)

Averaged out over 63 years, yields around 9 subzero wind chill days per winter season.

4 of the 63 winter seasons observed no subzero wind chills.

The table below only shows days with wind chills of -10 and below:

Date Wind Chill
1/20/1985 -41
12/22/1989 -35
1/10/1982 -34
12/21/1989 -33
1/23/1963 -31
1/17/1977 -31
12/24/1983 -31
12/23/2022 -30
1/16/1977 -29
1/17/1982 -29
12/25/1983 -29
12/23/1989 -29
1/18/1994 -29
1/19/1985 -28
1/24/1963 -27
1/8/1970 -27
1/11/1977 -27
2/2/1951 -26
1/28/1961 -26
1/10/1962 -26
1/16/1982 -26
1/19/1994 -26
1/26/1978 -25
2/9/1979 -25
1/21/1984 -25
2/3/1996 -25
2/1/1951 -24
1/21/1970 -24
1/28/1977 -23
1/29/1977 -23
1/27/1986 -23
2/4/1996 -23
1/16/1972 -22
1/11/1982 -22
1/19/1984 -22
1/21/1985 -22
1/6/2014 -22
2/16/1958 -21
2/17/1958 -21
1/27/1961 -21
1/27/1963 -21
1/18/1977 -21
1/15/1994 -21
2/11/1955 -20
12/23/1983 -20
12/22/2022 -20
3/6/1960 -19
12/23/1960 -19
1/9/1962 -19
1/11/1962 -19
12/12/1962 -19
2/3/1970 -19
1/15/1972 -19
1/20/1984 -19
1/30/2019 -19
1/20/1970 -18
12/31/1976 -18
1/13/1977 -18
2/11/1981 -18
2/3/1985 -18
12/24/1989 -18
1/11/1997 -18
12/19/1963 -17
1/7/1970 -17
12/19/1983 -17
12/15/1989 -17
12/16/1989 -17
1/10/1997 -17
1/30/1951 -16
1/14/1957 -16
3/5/1960 -16
12/13/1962 -16
1/21/1963 -16
1/8/1976 -16
1/30/1978 -16
2/6/1978 -16
1/2/1979 -16
1/15/1979 -16
2/6/1984 -16
2/2/1996 -16
1/4/1959 -15
1/9/1970 -15
2/9/1971 -15
12/21/1973 -15
1/10/1977 -15
2/2/1977 -15
1/9/1978 -15
1/10/1978 -15
1/8/1979 -15
2/1/1980 -15
2/7/1982 -15
12/17/2000 -15
1/7/2014 -15
2/19/2015 -15
2/12/1955 -14
2/18/1958 -14
1/5/1959 -14
12/21/1960 -14
12/22/1960 -14
1/21/1961 -14
1/12/1962 -14
1/19/1977 -14
1/8/1978 -14
2/7/1978 -14
3/5/1978 -14
2/2/1979 -14
2/6/1982 -14
2/2/1985 -14
12/25/1985 -14
1/26/1986 -14
2/6/1988 -14
1/16/1994 -14
12/9/1995 -14
12/25/2000 -14
1/24/2003 -14
2/20/2015 -14
2/21/1963 -13
2/4/1970 -13
2/6/1977 -13
1/14/1979 -13
2/1/1979 -13
2/8/1979 -13
1/9/1982 -13
2/1/1985 -13
12/18/1985 -13
2/5/1988 -13
12/22/2000 -13
1/1/2018 -13
2/3/1951 -12
1/12/1954 -12
1/16/1957 -12
1/16/1959 -12
1/22/1959 -12
1/25/1961 -12
12/28/1961 -12
12/21/1963 -12
1/6/1970 -12
1/10/1970 -12
1/9/1976 -12
1/1/1977 -12
1/12/1977 -12
1/11/1979 -12
2/5/1979 -12
2/2/1980 -12
12/30/1983 -12
1/18/1984 -12
2/8/1985 -12
2/18/1993 -12
1/17/1994 -12
1/12/1997 -12
1/14/1997 -12
1/23/2003 -12
1/15/2009 -12
1/23/2014 -12
1/4/2018 -12
1/16/2018 -12
12/24/2022 -12
11/24/1950 -11
11/25/1950 -11
12/11/1957 -11
1/31/1977 -11
2/7/1977 -11
1/29/1978 -11
12/29/1983 -11
12/20/1989 -11
1/15/1992 -11
1/19/1996 -11
12/19/2000 -11
12/24/2004 -11
12/21/2008 -11
1/16/2009 -11
1/28/2014 -11
2/16/2021 -11
12/15/1951 -10
1/27/1955 -10
1/13/1963 -10
1/20/1963 -10
12/18/1963 -10
12/22/1963 -10
1/22/1970 -10
1/1/1974 -10
1/22/1977 -10
1/25/1978 -10
2/12/1981 -10
1/22/1984 -10
12/14/1985 -10
2/12/1988 -10
2/15/1991 -10
1/8/1996 -10
1/31/1996 -10
2/5/1996 -10
1/13/1997 -10
1/17/1997 -10
1/31/2004 -10
12/25/2004 -10
1/5/2014 -10

 

Period of Record: January 1, 1950 - December 28, 2022

(**No wind chill data for 1965-1969)

Listing of Wind Chill Days -10 and Colder By Year
 
The record for most consecutive days with subzero wind chills was 8 days set on 3 different occasions:
January 14-21, 1994 (coldest wind chill -29)
January 4-11, 1988 (coldest wind chill -8)
January 25 - February 1, 1978 (coldest wind chill -25)
 
The table below shows a chronological listing of all wind chill days registering -10 and below.

 

Date Wind Chill
11/24/1950 -11
11/25/1950 -11
1/30/1951 -16
2/1/1951 -24
2/2/1951 -26
2/3/1951 -12
12/15/1951 -10
1/12/1954 -12
1/27/1955 -10
2/11/1955 -20
2/12/1955 -14
1/14/1957 -16
1/16/1957 -12
12/11/1957 -11
2/16/1958 -21
2/17/1958 -21
2/18/1958 -14
1/4/1959 -15
1/5/1959 -14
1/16/1959 -12
1/22/1959 -12
3/5/1960 -16
3/6/1960 -19
12/21/1960 -14
12/22/1960 -14
12/23/1960 -19
1/21/1961 -14
1/25/1961 -12
1/27/1961 -21
1/28/1961 -26
12/28/1961 -12
1/9/1962 -19
1/10/1962 -26
1/11/1962 -19
1/12/1962 -14
12/12/1962 -19
12/13/1962 -16
1/13/1963 -10
1/20/1963 -10
1/21/1963 -16
1/23/1963 -31
1/24/1963 -27
1/27/1963 -21
2/21/1963 -13
12/18/1963 -10
12/19/1963 -17
12/21/1963 -12
12/22/1963 -10
1/6/1970 -12
1/7/1970 -17
1/8/1970 -27
1/9/1970 -15
1/10/1970 -12
1/20/1970 -18
1/21/1970 -24
1/22/1970 -10
2/3/1970 -19
2/4/1970 -13
2/9/1971 -15
1/15/1972 -19
1/16/1972 -22
12/21/1973 -15
1/1/1974 -10
1/8/1976 -16
1/9/1976 -12
12/31/1976 -18
1/1/1977 -12
1/10/1977 -15
1/11/1977 -27
1/12/1977 -12
1/13/1977 -18
1/16/1977 -29
1/17/1977 -31
1/18/1977 -21
1/19/1977 -14
1/22/1977 -10
1/28/1977 -23
1/29/1977 -23
1/31/1977 -11
2/2/1977 -15
2/6/1977 -13
2/7/1977 -11
1/8/1978 -14
1/9/1978 -15
1/10/1978 -15
1/25/1978 -10
1/26/1978 -25
1/29/1978 -11
1/30/1978 -16
2/6/1978 -16
2/7/1978 -14
3/5/1978 -14
1/2/1979 -16
1/8/1979 -15
1/11/1979 -12
1/14/1979 -13
1/15/1979 -16
2/1/1979 -13
2/2/1979 -14
2/5/1979 -12
2/8/1979 -13
2/9/1979 -25
2/1/1980 -15
2/2/1980 -12
2/11/1981 -18
2/12/1981 -10
1/9/1982 -13
1/10/1982 -34
1/11/1982 -22
1/16/1982 -26
1/17/1982 -29
2/6/1982 -14
2/7/1982 -15
12/19/1983 -17
12/23/1983 -20
12/24/1983 -31
12/25/1983 -29
12/29/1983 -11
12/30/1983 -12
1/18/1984 -12
1/19/1984 -22
1/20/1984 -19
1/21/1984 -25
1/22/1984 -10
2/6/1984 -16
1/19/1985 -28
1/20/1985 -41
1/21/1985 -22
2/1/1985 -13
2/2/1985 -14
2/3/1985 -18
2/8/1985 -12
12/14/1985 -10
12/18/1985 -13
12/25/1985 -14
1/26/1986 -14
1/27/1986 -23
2/5/1988 -13
2/6/1988 -14
2/12/1988 -10
12/15/1989 -17
12/16/1989 -17
12/20/1989 -11
12/21/1989 -33
12/22/1989 -35
12/23/1989 -29
12/24/1989 -18
2/15/1991 -10
1/15/1992 -11
2/18/1993 -12
1/15/1994 -21
1/16/1994 -14
1/17/1994 -12
1/18/1994 -29
1/19/1994 -26
12/9/1995 -14
1/8/1996 -10
1/19/1996 -11
1/31/1996 -10
2/2/1996 -16
2/3/1996 -25
2/4/1996 -23
2/5/1996 -10
1/10/1997 -17
1/11/1997 -18
1/12/1997 -12
1/13/1997 -10
1/14/1997 -12
1/17/1997 -10
12/17/2000 -15
12/19/2000 -11
12/22/2000 -13
12/25/2000 -14
1/23/2003 -12
1/24/2003 -14
1/31/2004 -10
12/24/2004 -11
12/25/2004 -10
12/21/2008 -11
1/15/2009 -12
1/16/2009 -11
1/5/2014 -10
1/6/2014 -22
1/7/2014 -15
1/23/2014 -12
1/28/2014 -11
2/19/2015 -15
2/20/2015 -14
1/1/2018 -13
1/4/2018 -12
1/16/2018 -12
1/30/2019 -19
2/16/2021 -11
12/22/2022 -20
12/23/2022 -30
12/24/2022 -12

 

Period of Record: January 1, 1950 - December 28, 2022

(**No wind chill data for 1965-1969)