extreme cold warning

Dangerous chill advisory

An extreme cold warning is an official weather alert issued when temperatures or wind chills drop to dangerous levels, posing serious risk of frostbite and hypothermia.

The specific thresholds vary by region—what triggers a warning in Texas differs from northern Canada.

Schools closed due to the extreme cold warning.

frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
blizzardViolent prolonged snowstorm
windchillPerceived temperature drop
wind chill factorPerceived temperature from moving air

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Opposites

temperature direction

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Alert for dangerously high temperatures

heat advisory · heat wave warning · red flag warning

severity/urgency

extreme cold warningall clear

Signal danger has passed

fair weather · mild weather

severity level

extreme cold warningfrost advisory

Warning of near-freezing temperatures

wind chill advisory · winter weather advisory · all clear

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