Cold/Wind Chill — Northern Valley, Montana

2024-01-11 to 2024-01-15 · Northern Valley, Montana

Event narrative

At the Bluff Creek RAWS site (BLUM8), temperatures in the teens to 40s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the night of the 11th to the morning of the 15th. The peak wind chill of 61 degrees below zero was recorded at 3:44 AM on the 13th.

Wider weather episode

The coldest Arctic air mass in many years settled into the region with widespread temperatures of 20 to 40 degrees below zero and wind chills measuring between 40 and 70 degrees below zero.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1152632. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.