Cold/Wind Chill in Kanawha, West Virginia

Following several strong cold fronts in the last week of December, a period of very cold temperatures settled into the Central Appalachians. Afternoon highs across the region topped out in the teens and twenties on most days, with overnight lows in the single digits above and below zero. A 52-year old homeless man was found dead on the front porch of a house in Charleston on the 31st. It is believed that a combination of alcohol and the cold weather lead to his death late on the 30th or early on the 31st. The low that morning at Yeager Airport in Charleston was 5 degrees.