Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Grand Forks, North Dakota

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The KGFK ASOS at Grand Forks International Airport consistently reported wind chills -40 or lower from the morning of January 22 through the morning of January 23rd. The lowest wind chill reported at that site during this period was -45.

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 1315307. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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