Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Baldwin Pen. & Selawik Valley, Alaska

2012-01-08 to 2012-01-09 · Baldwin Pen. & Selawik Valley, Alaska

Wider weather episode

Temperatures of around 35 below zero combined with an east wind of 15 to 20 mph to produce wind chills as low as 68 below at Kotzebue. The wind chills were 60 below or lower at Kotzebue from approximately 1930AKST on the 8th through 1200AKST on the 9th. Wind chills as low as 66 below were observed at Selawick, and as low as 65 below at Noorvik during the morning and early afternoon hours on the 9th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 353433. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.