Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Griggs, North Dakota

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 25, 2026 · Griggs, North Dakota

What the National Weather Service wrote

The KS32 AWOS at Cooperstown, ND consistently reported wind chill values -40 or lower on the morning of January 25. The lowest wind chill value during that 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 1315333. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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