Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Northern Black Hills, South Dakota

2024-01-12 to 2024-01-15 · Northern Black Hills, South Dakota

Wider weather episode

An arctic air mass settled over the region for several days, producing extreme and dangerous wind chills across western and south-central South Dakota. Temperatures remained below zero for 3 days, as low as 20 below to 40 below zero across much of the area on the mornings of the 13th and 14th. Gusty north to northwest winds at times helped to produce wind chills in the 30 below to 70 below range from the morning of the 13th to the morning of the 15th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1150017. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.