I personally wouldn't call it a style because it goes against common rules. There's a reason why most writers write with standard punctuation and grammar. Because it works and is readable and digestible to the major population.

It was a cold night, frigidly so.

The problem with this is it doesn't really work. Frigidly means "extremely cold" so you're almost doubling up here. Not to mention you're essentially saying:

It was a cold night, coldly so.

Sense. This makes none.

"That wasn't the issue at all," she said. Vehemently.

There's no reason to put a period between the vehemently. It makes the reader pause when they shouldn't. You should be attaching the adverb to the verb "said".

"That wasn't the issue at all," she said vehemently.

Now you can clearly understand how she said the sentence, instead of reading "vehemently" and thinking, "wait, so she said it vehemently... okay."

The wind threw itself down from the mountains at us; the howl was immense, deafening.

Again, you're going against the grain for the hell of it which is never a good reason to break the rules.

The semi-colon should be a period. You are starting a new sentence. Also, the "deafening" is a little bit of a repeat.

The wind threw itself down from the mountains at us. The howl was immense, deafening almost.

Or alternatively:

The wind threw itself down from the mountains at us and the howl was immense, almost deafening.

I'm showing you the reason why you shouldn't use "your own style" when it actually works against the reader's immediate and natural understanding of written English.

Like I said, there's a reason why professional writers write by the "rules".

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