Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Barnes, North Dakota

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The AWOS KBAC at Valley City, ND consistently reported wind chills -40 or lower from the morning of January 22nd into the morning of the 23rd. The lowest wind chill value during that period was -47.

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 1315341. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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