Cold/Wind Chill — Southern Schoolcraft, Michigan

2024-01-16 · Southern Schoolcraft, Michigan

Event narrative

Bitter cold wind chills around 20 below zero were reported across portions of southern Schoolcraft County. Manistique Schools were closed 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 1160146. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.