Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Benson, North Dakota

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The NDAWN station at Baker 1N along with other mesonet sites across Becker County consistently reported wind chills -40 or lower from January 22 through midday January 23. The lowest wind chill value during this period at the station was -55.

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 1315287. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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