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Cold/Wind ChillMarquette, Wisconsin

January 3, 2014 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Marquette

Event narrative (NOAA)

Wind Chill temperatures ranged from 20 below to 29 below zero during the morning hours. The Marquette County Coroner pronounced a disabled woman dead of hypothermia at 9:30 am. She was found in her driveway, and appeared to have fallen and was not able to stand back up. Her cane was found about 10 feet away from her. She would have fallen anytime from the evening of January 2nd to the morning of January 3rd. Her home was located near Lawrence Lake, just west of Westfield.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

Cold/Wind Chill — Marquette, Wisconsin, January 3, 2014 | DisasterAtlasUSA