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Campaign events have continued to fall as swiftly as the Iowa snow as winter storms hamper the leadoff GOP caucus state, with Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump all shuffling their schedules ahead of Monday鈥檚 presidential votes.Prolonged freezing temperatures, combined with strong winds, foreshadow possibly life-threatening conditions on the night that Republican voters are set to gather to make their pick for their 2024 nominee.Iowans are accustomed to the cold, though the latest winter wave, combined with temperatures that threaten to dip deeper into negative territory in the coming days, could mean unprecedented conditions for caucus night itself. Early into next week, forecasters said significant winds would make things feel as cold as 45 degrees below zero, a record-breaking forecast that could keep potential voters at home.鈥淭his is kind of what it means to live in Iowa, in the middle of winter, but two snowstorms back-to-back feels like a little much,鈥� said Jillian McKee, of Des Moines, as she walked her Shiba Inu named Bear on Friday morning in the pouring snow. 鈥淯sually, I鈥檓 just used to one a week.鈥滲OOKMARK THIS LINK: 2024 Iowa Republican caucus results statewide, county by countyWATCH: What to know about 2024 caucusesMcKee said she still plans to show up on Monday night and is leaning toward caucusing for Haley.Haley pulled down a trio of events that had been slated for Friday in central and eastern areas of the state, shifting them instead to tele-town halls at which, unlike her in-person events held earlier this week, Haley took questions from caucusgoers.Volunteers for AFP Action, the political arm of the powerful Koch network that鈥檚 supporting Haley, were out meeting with caucusgoers in the storm on Friday. Senior adviser Tyler Raygor noted that 鈥渒nocking doors in snow takes more time,鈥� but that it also made it more likely that people were at home.DeSantis postponed four events on Friday that had been planned for cities further from Des Moines, citing unsafe weather conditions.鈥� He did campaign earlier Friday north of the capital city with Gov. Kim Reynolds, saying he was impressed with those who turned out.Less than an hour before DeSantis鈥� event with Reynolds, Iowa鈥檚 state patrol posted a warning about the weather on social media. 鈥淧lease, don鈥檛 put yourself or others in danger,鈥� it said, adding that road conditions were 鈥渆xtremely dangerous!鈥漈he National Weather Service鈥檚 Des Moines office, meanwhile, posted white-out conditions of jack-knifed tractor-trailers littering interstates as much of the state was under a blizzard warning.IOWA CAUCUS PRIMER: What you need to know about 2024 caucuses 2024 US presidential caucuses, primaries, explained Maps: A look at Iowa caucus results from the past 20 years How will the Iowa Republican caucuses work in 2024? How will the Iowa Democratic caucuses work in 2024?Trump 鈥� who has not stumped in Iowa in the closing week, instead choosing to make court appearances in Washington and New York 鈥� on Friday shifted a handful of rally events planned for over the weekend in central and western Iowa to tele-rallies, with his campaign posting the adjusted schedule 鈥渙ut of an abundance of caution amid severe weather advisories.鈥漈rump was still slated to appear at an in-person rally on Sunday in Indianola, south of Des Moines. Earlier Friday, his campaign appeared determined to hold all of the weekend鈥檚 rallies as scheduled.鈥淲ear a coat,鈥� Trump senior adviser Chris LaCivita quipped when asked about concerns about the weather over the next few days. He also noted that the campaign has 鈥渃ontingencies鈥� in place, including drivers to get people to caucus sites.鈥淚t鈥檚 old school, you know 鈥� poll workers and people who pick up people and drive 鈥檈m to the polls, so we have all of that stuff planned,鈥� he said.On turnout, LaCivita said he felt confident the 鈥渆nthusiasm鈥� that Trump鈥檚 large events have generated would translate into caucusgoers鈥� commitment to sticking out the cold weather.鈥淵ou guys have seen the lines that people have stood just to go to a rally,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 not worried about lines at a caucus site.鈥滱nother presidential candidate, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, canceled an event Tuesday morning, saying it was 鈥渆ffectively impossible to safely get from Des Moines to Coralville鈥� 鈥� hours after criticizing Haley for calling off her Monday event in Sioux City.On Friday, Ramaswamy appeared poised to keep to his campaign schedule, posting on X that 鈥淕eorge Washington braved the weather to cross the Delaware鈥� and that he would stay on the trail 鈥渇or as long as we can (asterisk)physically(asterisk) make it.鈥漀ever Back Down, the super PAC orchestrating much of DeSantis鈥� on-the-ground efforts, said its staff had been in close touch with tens of thousands of committed Iowa supporters, whom it expected to turn out regardless of Monday night鈥檚 conditions.The scheduling of the caucuses has thrown the time-tested process more to nature鈥檚 whims than others in the past. Last summer, the Iowa Republican Party鈥檚 state central committee voted unanimously for the third Monday in January. The 15th, which falls on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is earlier by several weeks than the past three caucuses, though not as early as 2008 when they were held just three days into the new year.With the storm bearing down and the almost other-worldly cold predicted to set in thereafter, Iowa Republicans said Friday said there were no plans to change the timing of this year鈥檚 caucuses.Iowa GOP spokesperson Kush Desai said the party has held caucuses 鈥渢hrough all sorts of weather events before.鈥� Desai said state Republicans were keeping an eye on things but 鈥渘ot entertaining anything drastic yet鈥� in terms of postponing any votes.鈥淭here鈥檚 no doubt on our end about our commitment to keeping Iowa first in the nation and maintaining Iowa鈥檚 critical voice, not just for Iowa but for the heartland, in the presidential nominating process,鈥� Desai said. 鈥淓ven through the winter.鈥漀ational Weather Service data shows there has never been a colder Iowa caucus night than what鈥檚 forecast for Jan. 15. The previous coldest was in 2004, when the high temperature for that year鈥檚 Jan. 19 caucuses was 16 degrees.McKee, who was walking her dog outside Friday, had words of apology to the visiting journalists and politicos who traveled to Iowa, only to get socked with the torrential snow and bone-chilling temperatures.鈥淭his is definitely making it a little more complicated for everybody, especially all the out-of-towner people,鈥� McKee said as wind and snow whipped around her. 鈥淚鈥檓 sorry that you鈥檙e coming into the Iowa caucuses in a big ol鈥� Iowa snowstorm, but it seems right on brand.鈥�