Cold/Wind Chill — Ontonagon, Michigan

2024-01-16 · Ontonagon, Michigan

Event narrative

Bitter cold wind chills around 25 below zero were reported by the Rockland MDOT station. Schools in Ontonagon County were either closed or delayed on the 16th due to the cold.

Wider weather episode

Bitter cold Arctic air funneling into the area on the backside of a low stationed over southern Hudson Bay resulted in dangerously cold wind chills across porttions of Upper Michigan from late evening on the 15th into the morning of the 16th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1160131. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.