Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Benson, North Dakota

2023-01-29 to 2023-01-30 · Benson, North Dakota

Event narrative

Niles 3SE NDAWN reports -40F wind chill or lower, lowest reported being -47F.

Wider weather episode

For a period of 2 days, dangerously cold wind chills affected Eastern North Dakota. Wind Chills got as low as -54F during this period. This event was caused by an arctic air mass that settled into the region after a system on the 27th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1078011. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.