Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Dodge, Nebraska

Bitter cold wind chills spread over eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during late Wednesday afternoon 1/22/03 continuing into late Thursday morning the 23rd. Temperatures fell into the single digits below zero by Wednesday evening as north winds of 10 to 20 mph prevailed over the area. This combination resulted in wind chill values of 20 below to 30 below zero over all of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Actual temperatures finally bottomed out around 8 below to 15 below Thursday morning. Although winds also subsided as readings fell overnight...wind chill values continued around 20 below or a little colder until late Thursday morning.A homeless man in the Omaha area suffered severe frostbite because of the extreme cold, eventually dying 3 days later in an Omaha hospital.