Cold/Wind Chill — Northern Valley, Montana

2022-01-01 · Northern Valley, Montana

Event narrative

At the Bluff Creek RAWS site (BLUM8), temperatures in the 30s below zero and breezy winds created a brief period of wind chills of -40 or worse on the morning of January 1st. The peak wind chill of -40 was recorded between 6:44 AM and 7:44 AM.

Wider weather episode

The week-long arctic cold spell from the end of December 2021 spilled over into the first day of 2022, with continued well below zero temperatures and pockets of light winds, which created dangerously cold wind chill values for many northeast Montana locations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1003094. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.