Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Western Essex, New York

Daytime temperatures falling to below zero on Saturday (2/7) combined with northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts created wind chills of 20 to 30 below zero during the daylight hours.

Saturday night (2/7) - Sunday morning (2/8)...although winds diminished to 5 to 10 mph and gusty at times, actual air temperatures fell to 10 to 15 below zero creating dangerous wind chills of 25 to 40 below zero. During Sunday (2/8) temperatures were around 0 degrees above zero but a persistent wind around 10 mph created wind chills of 10 to 20 below zero. High pressure crested across the region during the overnight into the early morning hours of February 9th, allowing temperatures to fall to 10 to 20 below zero.

An arctic cold front blasted across northern NY during the early morning hours of February 7th sending temperatures plummeting near and below zero on brisk northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts creating dangerous windchill temperatures of 20 to 35 below zero for the daylight hours of February 7th.

Although winds diminished somewhat on the night of the 7th, sub-zero temperatures still accounted for 25 to 40 below wind chills through midday on February 8th with daytime wind chills still 15 to 25 below zero.

Arctic high pressure crested across the region on the night of February 8th into the morning hours of February 9th. This allowed temperatures to radiate down to 10 to 25 below zero across northern NY.

This was the 3rd such cold spell within the past month that attributed to the Ice Over of Lake Champlain on February 13th, the first time since 2018.