Cold/Wind Chill — Wyandot, Ohio

2015-01-08 · Wyandot, Ohio

Event narrative

Wind chills dipped to minus 25 degrees during the predawn hours of January 8th. Wind chills remained at or below minus 25 through mid morning and then slowly climbed into the negative teens during the afternoon. All of the schools in the county were closed because of the bitter cold.

Wider weather episode

An area of very strong arctic High Pressure drifted south across the Northern Plains on January 7th and 8th. This ushered very cold air into the upper Ohio Valley. Northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph accompanied the cold air and they combined to create very dangerous wind chills. Wind chills dipped below minus 25 degrees during the early morning hours of January 8th over much of Northwest and North-Central Ohio. Low temperatures on the morning of the 8th were well below zero all areas with -5 at Toledo and -7 at Mansfield. Wind chills remained colder than minus 25 through mid morning and then climbed into the negative teens by early afternoon. Schools across the area were closed on both the 7th and 8th because of the dangerous wind chills.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 555564. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.