A storm system initially brought one to two hours of freezing drizzle during the early morning hours of December 22nd before precipitation changed over to light snow. A brief band of moderate to heavy snow then moved southeast across the area during the mid to late morning, leading to visibilities as low as one quarter of a mile along with very gusty winds and blowing snow at times. Light snow lingered for another hour or two behind the heavier snow band before coming to an end. The light glaze of ice became covered by generally 1 to 2 inches of snow, leading to slick roads across the area. Numerous schools that weren't already off for the Christmas Holiday cancelled school for both December 22nd and December 23rd.
Brutally cold temperatures and wind chills also settled into the area with and behind the snowfall. Record to near record low temperatures were common on the morning of December 23rd with subzero lows, highs in the single digits above zero, and minimum wind chills as low as -20 to -30 degrees. Cold low temperatures in the single digits above zero and wind chills in the single digits to teens below zero continued into the morning of December 24th, as well.

Winter Weather in CHEROKEE, KANSAS
From 22-DEC-22 04:00:00 to 22-DEC-22 14:15:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

A light glaze of freezing drizzle began in the early morning hours of December 22nd and lasted approximately one hour before transitioning to snow. The Columbus COOP observer station reported 2.0 inches of snowfall. Roads became completely covered and slick, with reduced visibility during the snowfall due to wind gusts upwards of 25 to 35 mph resulting in periodic blowing snow.

Winter Weather in BOURBON, KANSAS
From 22-DEC-22 03:45:00 to 22-DEC-22 13:30:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

A light glaze of freezing drizzle began in the early morning hours of December 22nd and lasted approximately one hour before transitioning to snow. The CoCoRaHs observer KS-BB-17 in Devon reported 1.1 inches of snowfall. Roads became completely covered and slick, with reduced visibility during the snowfall due to wind gusts upwards of 30 to 37 mph across the county resulting in periodic blowing snow. Utility companies also reported up to 1000 power outages across the county.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in BOURBON, KANSAS
From 22-DEC-22 14:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: AWOS

A minimum wind chill of -27 degrees was reported at the Fort Scott AWOS station around midday on December 22nd with a minimum temperature of -6 degrees that morning. In addition, morning low temperatures on December 24th of 5 degrees were measured at the Mesonet site 3 miles northwest of Uniontown and at the Fort Scott AWOS station, with minimum wind chills at those two stations of -12 degrees and -10 degrees, respectively.

Cold/Wind Chill in CHEROKEE, KANSAS
From 22-DEC-22 14:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: Mesonet

A minimum wind chill of -23 degrees and low temperature of -5 degrees were reported at the Mesonet station in Cherokee in the evening of December 22nd. Elsewhere, minimum wind chills ranged from -14 degrees in Oswego to -18 degrees in Galena on the morning of December 23rd and between 0 degrees to -6 degrees on the morning of December 24th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in CRAWFORD, KANSAS
From 22-DEC-22 14:00:00 to 24-DEC-22 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: AWSS

A minimum wind chill of -28 degrees was reported at the Greenbush School AWS during the afternoon of December 22nd. Elsewhere, wind chills ranged from -21 in Frontenac to -26 in Arma. A low temperature of -8 degrees was reported at the Pittsburg AWOS during the early morning hours of December 23rd. Additionally, minimum wind chills on December 24th ranged from -5 degrees at the Pittsburg AWOS to -9 degrees at the Greenbush School AWS.

Winter Weather in CRAWFORD, KANSAS
From 22-DEC-22 04:00:00 to 22-DEC-22 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

A light glaze of freezing drizzle began in the early morning hours of December 22nd and lasted approximately one hour before transitioning to snow. The CoCoRaHs observer station KS-CR-10 approximately 1 mile northeast of Farlington reported 1.8 inches of snowfall. Roads became completely covered and slick, with reduced visibility during the snowfall due to wind gusts upwards of 35 mph resulting in periodic blowing snow.