Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Yuma County, Colorado

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 30, 2023 · Yuma County, Colorado

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind chill values at -25 degrees Fahrenheit or below were recorded in across Yuma county. The lowest wind chill value of -31 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at a Mesonet station in Kirk, Colorado at 8:45 PM MST.

Key Impacts: extreme cold, frostbite.

The wider storm

On the evening of January 30th and lasting into the morning of January 31st, portions of East-Central Colorado saw cold temperatures as low as -14 degrees Fahrenheit and westerly winds gusting up to 11 mph. These conditions allowed for extremely cold wind chill values as low as -33 degrees Fahrenheit within the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1076411. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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