Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Upper Wind River Basin, Wyoming

2019-10-28 to 2019-10-30 · Upper Wind River Basin, Wyoming

Event narrative

Temperatures were very cold around the Upper Wind River Basin. Some of the notable temperatures on October 30th included minus 11 at Crowheart and minus 8 at the Dubois, Wyoming airport.

Wider weather episode

An arctic front dropped southward across Wyoming and brought in an unusually cold air mass. The result was many records were broken. The locations that saw monthly record low temperatures broken included Casper, Riverton and Lander, Wyoming. The coldest temperatures occurred in the morning of October 30th. The most impressive was at Big Piney, Wyoming, where a combination of a clear sky, fresh snow cover and light winds resulted in a low of minus 26, which broke the record by 29 degrees. Note: All low temperatures in events occurred in the morning of October 30th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 860205. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.