Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Gogebic, Michigan

2025-01-18 to 2025-01-22 · Gogebic, Michigan

Event narrative

Wind chill temperatures dipped as cold as 35 below to 50 below zero at times from the 19th into the 21st. Schools were closed throughout the county on the 20th and 21st due to bitter cold temperatures and wind chills.

Wider weather episode

An arctic air mass enveloping the Upper Great Lakes impacted Upper Michigan with several days of bitter cold temperatures and wind chills along with prolonged moderate snow over the west to northwest wind snow belts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1229106. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.