Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Somerset, Pennsylvania

Bitterly cold temperatures coupled with gusty winds during the late evening hours on January 31st, coupled with gusty winds after midnight allowed for dangerously cold wind chills to occur in Somerset County during the morning hours of February 1, 2026. The coldest temperatures were observed near Garrett, where a wind chill of -24 degrees was observed, with much of the county experiencing wind chills below -20 degrees.

Cold air in the wake of a low-pressure system tracking into the Atlantic Ocean coupled with strong winds due to a fairly strong pressure gradient allowed for dangerously cold wind chills across portions of central Pennsylvania. Wind chills from this system were coldest across the western highlands, where wind chills between -20 and -25 degrees were observed during the early morning hours of February 1, 2026.