Cold/Wind Chill — Rock Island, Illinois
January 18, 2021 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Between 11 PM on January 18 to 6 AM Tuesday January 19th temperatures at the Moline (KMLI) fell from 20 degrees to 16 degrees above zero. The low temperature on the 18th was 16 degrees and occurred at 1127 PM and the low temperature for the 19th was also 16 degrees which occurred at 216 AM. Wind speeds during this period were around 5 knots which resulted in wind chills during this period in the single digits above zero. Between the hours of 11 PM on the 18th and 6 AM on the 19th, a 3 year old girl fell out of a window in a very unfortunate accident and died of hypothermia.
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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.