Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Cook, Illinois

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 6, 2014 – January 7, 2014 · Cook, Illinois

Deaths

The wider storm

An extremely cold arctic airmass settled over northern Illinois with minimum observed wind chills falling into the -40F to -50F range area-wide. Some of the coldest wind chill reports include Steward at -50F; Aurora at -47F; Rochelle at -47F; DuPage at -46F; Romeoville at -46F; Rockford at -46F; and O'Hare airport at -42F. Four deaths were reported in Cook County, with hypothermia due to cold exposure being a contributing factor in each.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 495489. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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