FEMA relative scores

Cold Wave Risk Rankings

The highest relative cold wave scores among FEMA county-equivalent areas represented in the city directory.

One FEMA area can contain several covered cities. Each area appears once below, with links to its city pages. The score is a relative comparison measure, not the annual chance of a cold wave.

  1. #1

    Cook County, IL

    ChicagoCicero
    Very High

    100.0

    relative score

  2. #2

    Milwaukee County, WI

    Milwaukee
    Very High

    100.0

    relative score

  3. #3

    Minnehaha County, SD

    Sioux Falls
    Very High

    99.9

    relative score

  4. #4
    Very High

    99.9

    relative score

  5. #5
    Very High

    99.9

    relative score

  6. #6

    Nueces County, TX

    Corpus Christi
    Very High

    99.8

    relative score

  7. #7
    Very High

    99.8

    relative score

  8. #8

    Will County, IL

    Joliet
    Very High

    99.7

    relative score

  9. #9

    Yakima County, WA

    Yakima
    Very High

    99.7

    relative score

  10. #10

    Winnebago County, IL

    Rockford
    Very High

    99.6

    relative score

  11. #11

    Pennington County, SD

    Rapid City
    Very High

    99.6

    relative score

  12. #12

    Missoula County, MT

    Missoula
    Very High

    99.5

    relative score

  13. #13

    Kootenai County, ID

    Coeur d'Alene
    Very High

    99.5

    relative score

  14. #14

    Scott County, IA

    Davenport
    Very High

    99.4

    relative score

  15. #15

    Laramie County, WY

    Cheyenne
    Very High

    99.4

    relative score

  16. #16

    Cuyahoga County, OH

    Cleveland
    Very High

    99.3

    relative score

  17. #17
    Very High

    99.2

    relative score

  18. #18
    Very High

    99.2

    relative score

  19. #19

    Weld County, CO

    Greeley
    Very High

    99.1

    relative score

  20. #20

    Spokane County, WA

    SpokaneSpokane Valley
    Very High

    99.1

    relative score

  21. #21

    Macomb County, MI

    Sterling HeightsWarren
    Very High

    99.1

    relative score

  22. #22

    Ramsey County, MN

    St. Paul
    Very High

    99.0

    relative score

  23. #23

    Brevard County, FL

    MelbournePalm Bay
    Very High

    99.0

    relative score

  24. #24

    St. Louis County, MN

    Duluth
    Very High

    98.8

    relative score

  25. #25

    Brown County, WI

    Green Bay
    Very High

    98.7

    relative score

Other hazard rankings

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Source: FEMA National Risk Index v1.19.0, released March 2023. Hazard figures cover FEMA county-equivalent areas.

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