Cold/Wind Chill in Lafayette, Mississippi

Cold/Wind Chill January 31, 2026 · Lafayette, Mississippi

Death

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Minimum wind chill of 1F recorded.

The wider storm

A dry, mid-level shortwave aid in the push of another cold front in late January. Another arctic airmass residing behind this boundary resulting in another bitterly cold period. Cold temperatures combined with elevated northerly winds resulted in sub zero wind chill values across north Mississippi.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1313380. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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