Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

2015-02-20 · Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

Event narrative

Temperatures colder than minus 10 combined with westerly winds to create wind chills of minus 25 or colder for a few hours. Morning low temperatures at most locations were the coldest since 1994.

Wider weather episode

For the second time in a week, bitterly cold weather and dangerous wind chills were reported across the area. The coldest temperatures since the January 1994 arctic outbreak were reported across Northeast Ohio. Cleveland's low of minus 17 on the 20th was the coldest temperature ever recorded in February and tied for the third coldest ever. The morning low at the Northeast Ohio Regional Airport in Ashtabula County was minus 29 degrees. The rest of the area saw low temperatures from minus 10 to 20 degrees. Winds just before and after daybreak where strong enough to generate wind chills of minus 25 or colder for a few hours. Conditions gradually improved during the morning hours. Schools were once again closed throughout Northeast Ohio.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 563012. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.