Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

2025-02-10 · Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

Event narrative

Mesonet station MTMON Monarch Canyon (MT DOT) measured a -35F wind chill.

Wider weather episode

A cyclonic flow aloft, with several embedded shortwaves passing through it, allowed for several pushes of bitterly cold air to filter into the region from Canada in the early to mid February timeframe.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1246396. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.