Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Tippah, Mississippi

2024-01-14 to 2024-01-17 · Tippah, Mississippi

Event narrative

Wind chill values were 0 degrees to 15 below zero degrees at times. Air temperature ranged from 8 degrees below zero to 10 degrees below zero on the morning of 01/17/2024.

Wider weather episode

An arctic air mass brought very cold air temperatures and sub-zero wind chills across north Mississippi during the January 14-17, 2024 timeframe. As a surface high shifted directly over the Mid-South, clear skies, light winds, and snowpack left the region bitterly cold with well below zero temperatures across extreme north Mississippi on the morning of January 17th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1157703. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.