Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Eastern Toole and Liberty, Montana

2025-02-02 to 2025-02-03 · Eastern Toole and Liberty, Montana

Event narrative

Many, many mesonets observed wind chills of -35 or less, including mesonet sensor GW3546, which measured a -41 F wind chill.

Wider weather episode

Several waves ejecting from an upper level low near the Pacific NW coast resulted in periods of snow at times, with cold air filtering in from Canada resulting in extreme cold in northern areas. Overall the snow event fell short of expectations, but there were still a few locations that saw heavy snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245104. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.