Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Yuma County, Colorado

2022-12-21 to 2022-12-23 · Yuma County, Colorado

Event narrative

Wind chills of -25F to -47F were reported across the county.

Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.

Wider weather episode

A dust storm was reported north-northeast of Kit Carson as an arctic cold front moved through. Behind the arctic air mass, wind gusts of 20-35 MPH gusts and temperatures falling to the teens below zero, moved over East Central Colorado. The coldest wind chills approached -50F during the worst of the cold.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1072496. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.