The record
Everything the slot carries, as measured. Series arrays are drawn above and listed here in full.
| Event typeevent_type | Cold/Wind Chill |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 139,683 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 23,970 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2008-12-14T19:30:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2008-12-16T09:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | MINNESOTA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | OLMSTED |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | ASOS |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | An arctic cold front moved through during the afternoon and early evening hours of December 14th. With the frontal passage, temperatures dropped as much as 20 degrees in 2 to 3 hours at many locations. In fact, a temperature change of around 40 degrees was common from the morning to the evening hours of December 14th.||The cold was made more significant as northwest winds increased into the 20 to 30 mph range, with gusts of 35 to 45 mph. These strong winds, coupled with plummeting temperatures, created dangerous wind chills of 20 below to 40 below. Bitter cold conditions persisted through the day and into the evening on December 15. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | At the Rochester International Airport on December 14, the temperature dropped from 41F at noon to 0F at 9 p.m. In addition, a peak wind gust of 41 mph was recorded and wind chill values dropped to -36F during the early morning hours of December 15th. A school weather station in Rochester also recorded an unofficial wind chill of -39F. |
| Yearyear | 2,008 |
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