Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Northern Will County, Illinois

2024-01-14 to 2024-01-15 · Northern Will County, Illinois

Wider weather episode

Bitterly cold air combined with winds gusting to 35 mph at times allowed wind chills to drop to 30 below to 45 below zero across all of northern Illinois from the early morning of January 14th through the morning of January 15th. The coldest wind chills of around 45 below zero occurred around and just after daybreak on January 14th. Air temperatures ranged from 10 below to 15 below zero on the morning of January 14th and from 15 below to 20 below on the morning of January 15th. Wind chills between 20 below and 30 below continued for the rest of January 15th and through the morning of January 17th when temperatures slowly warmed into the single digits above zero and winds began to diminish.

A 41 year old woman was found dead outside a library in Coal City from cold exposure on January 14th and a 59 year old man was found dead outside his home in Bolingbrook from cold exposure on January 16th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1150498. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.