Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Sullivan, Missouri

The nearest AWOS or ASOS site to Sullivan County was Kirksville Airport. The high and low temperatures at Kirksville airport were as follows:

Jan 12: High: 29 Low: 10

Jan 13: High: 10 Low: -13

Jan 14: High: -6 Low: -17

Jan 15: High: 0 Low: -17

Jan 16: High: 6 Low: -9

Jan 19: High: 9 Low: -5

Jan 20: High: 11 Low: -13

Jan 21: High: 30 Low: -6

The coldest wind chill recorded during this cold air outbreak was -40 degrees at 4 AM on January 14th. This was the coldest wind chill recorded at Kirksville since the morning of December 22, 1989 (-43 degrees).

The 4 day period of Jan 13-16 was the coldest 4 day period on record in Kirksville, with an average temperature of -5.7 degrees. (Period of record begins Jan 1, 1948).

Extremely cold temperatures and wind chills arrived by the evening of January 12th, and continued through January 16th. This cold air outbreak brought the wind chills since 1989 in many locations, including Kansas City. After a brief warmup, extreme cold returned for Jan 19th through Jan 21st. Wind chills were below zero for as long as 5 days (120 hours) in many locations.