Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Towner, North Dakota

2026-01-22 to 2026-01-25 · Towner, North Dakota

Event narrative

Wind chills frequently below -40 through the three day period across Towner County as measured by multiple observation sites, with brief periods of improvement during the afternoons. The coldest reported wind chill was at the NDAWN site at Clyde 4SW where a wind chill of -56 occurred.

Wider weather episode

Arctic air settled into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest resulting in a prologued period of extreme cold and wind chills across eastern North Dakota.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1314974. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.