Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Cody Foothills, Wyoming

2021-02-12 to 2021-02-14 · Cody Foothills, Wyoming

Event narrative

Extreme cold hit the Cody Foothills. Some of the more notable low temperatures included minus 22 at the Yellowstone Regional airport and minus 23 at Clark, Wyoming.

Wider weather episode

An arctic boundary slowly sagged southward across much of northern and central Wyoming and brought bitterly cold temperatures. Temperatures in northern Wyoming fell as low as minus 30. In addition, a couple of moisture laden troughs moved across the area and brought another round of heavy snow to western Wyoming. Some parts of Yellowstone Park had as much as 30 inches of snow. Other locations in Teton, Lincoln and Sublette County also received over a foot of new snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 940618. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.