Cold/Wind Chill — Olmsted, Minnesota
January 15, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Olmsted
Event narrative (NOAA)
An elderly woman that wandered away from a Rochester care facility died of exposure. Observations from the automated weather observing equipment at the Rochester airport indicated temperatures were in the lower 20s, freezing rain was falling and winds were sustained between 15 and 25 mph creating wind chills of 5 to 10 above zero while the woman was outdoors. She was only dressed in pants, a shirt and bathrobe with nothing on her hands or feet.
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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.