Cold/Wind Chill — Wibaux, Montana

2022-12-21 to 2022-12-23 · Wibaux, Montana

Event narrative

For multiple sites across Wibaux County, temperatures in the teens and 20s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse from early morning of the 21st into the late morning of the 23rd. The peak wind chill of -58 was recorded from 4:15 PM to 5:15PM, again at 7:35PM, and again from 9:35 PM to 9:55 PM on the 21st at the Beach Airport ASOS (K20U).

Wider weather episode

An Arctic Air Mass brought the coldest temperatures that northeast Montana has seen in 3 years. Wind chills with this cold air outbreak measured lower than -60 degrees in places.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1066988. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.