Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Southern La Porte County, Indiana

2024-01-14 · Southern La Porte County, Indiana

Event narrative

The combination of temperatures in the single digits below zero and gusty southwest winds of around 20 mph produced minimum wind chills of 25 to 35 below zero during the morning hours. A wind chill of 33 below zero was reported by an AWOS station in Wanatah, IN at 10:15am on January 14th.

Wider weather episode

An arctic airmass overspread northern Indiana bringing dangerous wind chills. The combination of very cold temperatures in the single digits below zero and gusty west to southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph produced wind chills as cold as 25 below to 35 below zero.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1150592. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.