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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)