Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Rusk, Wisconsin

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 20, 2025 – January 21, 2025 · Rusk, Wisconsin

What the National Weather Service wrote

The AWOS located at the Rusk County Airport recorded several hours of extreme wind chills with a minimum recording of -42 degrees.

The wider storm

A series of cold fronts brought a frigid Canadian air mass and breezy northwest winds from January 17-21. This resulted in the coldest air for the region in nearly 4 years with temperatures into the -10s to -30s F, and wind chill temperatures between -30 and -50 F from Sunday through Tuesday morning.

The coldest wind chill temperature was at Rusk County Airport with -42F on the morning of January 20.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1226636. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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