Caldwell storm history

Early in the morning of December 13, 2013 light rain began falling across the area while surface temperatures were sub freezing. Slick roads resulted from the icy conditions, causing several vehicles to slide off the roads. In one particular incident a school bus slid off the roa…

Downed wires and power outages in the Hamilton area.

Social media report of downed tree on County Road 465.

Downed wires and power outages near Route 116 west of Polo.

Damaged out buildings and roof blown off machine shed.

Downed tree and wires near Holstein Road.

The ASOS at Chillicothe reported wind chills between -15 and -20 between 1 am and 11 am on Feb 18th, with temperatures between 0 and -1 degrees. Wind chills once again dropped to between -14 and -20 degrees between 11 pm on Feb 19 and 9 am on Feb 20th, with temperatures dropping …

Mping report of quarter size hail north of Elmira.

Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in the Liberty area.

Quarter sized hail just southeast of Cowgill.

Severe drought impacted portions of Caldwell County in September 2023.

Max heat indices during the afternoons of August 19th through August 25th, 2023 primarily ranged from the 110 to 120 degree range.

Power line downed in Braymer.

Severe drought (D2) improved to moderate drought (D1) by mid August.

Estimated 60 mph winds with trees and power lines downed in Cowgill.

Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in Breckenridge.

While some areas saw some average or above average rain through July, most of the area across eastern Kansas saw the severe drought conditions continue through the month of July. As of now, widespread drought impacts have not been reported.

After 2 months of relatively dry conditions portions of Missouri were brought into severe drought conditions. According to the Advanced Hydrologic Precipitation Service page there was a deficit of 2-5 inches across May and June which led to the declaration and maintenance of seve…

Quarter sized hail was reported in Polo.

An arctic air mass sent temperatures below zero along with strong winds. Minimum wind chills across the region generally ranged from -30 to -40 degrees between roughly 10 am on 12/22 to noon on 12/23.

Emergency management reported 60 mph wind gust.

Through the afternoon on December 15th strong wind caused sustained winds in the 40 to 50 mph range, with frequent gusts well over 60 mph. While most ASOS and AWOS stations recorded gusts around 65 mph, there were several reports of higher winds and damage representative of aroun…

The sewage treatment plant in Polo was flooded.

Several roads in and around Polo were flooded, and a few vehicles stalled under the railroad viaduct in Polo.

There was a social media report of some flooding over Highway F near Cowgill.

Property owner near Cowgill reported a few 1 to 2 foot diameter trees down, along with some shingle damage to the roof of the home and a metal roof peeled back on the barn.

In the third night of bitter cold across the area, temperatures dropped well below zero and with winds around 10-20 mph wind chills overnight going into Sunday morning dropped to around 20 to 30 below.

In the second night of bitter cold across the area, temperatures dropped well below zero and with winds around 10-20 mph wind chills overnight going into Monday morning dropped to around 20 to 30 below.

In the first night of bitter cold across the area, temperatures dropped well below zero and with winds around 10-20 mph wind chills overnight going into Sunday morning dropped to around 20 to 30 below.

Light to moderate freezing rain formed early morning on New Year's Day. This freezing rain quickly accreted between around a quarter inch before sunrise. Shortly after sunrise the freezing rain switched to light snow, which persisted for the bulk of the remaining day time hours. …

A large tree was down in the city of Polo with several other large limbs down across the town.

Freezing rain occurred through much of the night going into January 11, and caused around a quarter to one-third inch accumulation. This occurred prior to about 2 to 3 inches of snow falling. This resulted in several auto accidents.

Route N was closed in both directions.

While light freezing drizzle occurred off and on February 5, the bulk of the freezing rain fell during the overnight period on February 6 into February 7. Over the course of the event Caldwell County received approximately a quarter inch of ice accumulation. Numerous vehicle acci…

Between 8 and 12 inches of snow fell across Caldwell County, with most of it falling over the course of the first 12 hours. Light snow continued into the next day (January 12), but was fairly light, and only accounted for 1 to 2 inches.

Blizzard conditions started after a few hours of lightly to moderately falling snow. Once the heavy snow arrived winds gusted up to 41 mph for nearly 4 hours, creating whiteout conditions, officially measured by the ASOS at nearby KGPH and KMKC as sub-quarter mile for that durati…

Due to widespread dry conditions through the summer and early fall of 2018 most counties experienced extreme to exceptional drought (D3-D4). While some counties saw marked improvement through the late summer and early fall the drought continued into the second week of October. Th…

The drought of 2018 continued for Caldwell County, however an influx of some moisture brought some minor relief to the county. Conditions improved from D4 to D2 during the month of September, but the impacts and losses of several crops were already felt across the region. The amo…

A 5 inch tree limb was snapped. Report was received via social media.

Caldwell County reached or maintained D4 drought status for the entire month. While rain did move into the area through the month, the ground was dry enough from the below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures through the month to warrant D4 status maintenance. The d…