Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Pembina, North Dakota

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 22, 2026 – January 23, 2026 · Pembina, North Dakota

What the National Weather Service wrote

The AWOS K2C8 at Cavalier, ND consistently reported wind chills -40 or lower through the daytime of January 22nd into the morning of the 23rd, with the lowest wind chill value -50.

The wider storm

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 1315121. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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