Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Ray, Missouri

2024-01-12 to 2024-01-16 · Ray, Missouri

Event narrative

The high and low temperatures at Kansas City International Airport were as follows:

Jan 12: High: 27 Low: 5

Jan 13: High: 5 Low: -11

Jan 14: High: -3 Low: -12

Jan 15: High: 2 Low: -16

Jan 16: High: 12 Low: -10

Jan 19: High: 10 Low: -1

Jan 20: High: 11 Low: -7

Jan 21: High: 31 Low: 3

The coldest wind chill recorded during this cold air outbreak at Kansas City International was -35 degrees on the morning of Jan 14th. This was the coldest wind chill at KCI since 12/23/1989.

The 4 day period of Jan 13-16 was the 10th coldest 4 day period on record in Kansas City, with an average temperature of -4.1 degrees. (Period of record begins July 1, 1888).

Wider weather episode

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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1155553. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.