Eastern Roosevelt storm history

The Poplar airport AWOS site (KPO1) recorded a wind chill of -45 degrees F.

The Culbertson airport AWOS site recorded dense fog with visibility of 1/4 mile or worse for about 5.5 hours. The DOT camera at US-2 Stateline also showed the dense fog.

Observations reported wind chills as cold as -64F (1NNW Sprole - Poplar RAWS).

Snow totals of six to eight inches fell across eastern Roosevelt county.

Wind chills ranged from -25 to -36.

D2 drought conditions continued in the eastern portion of the zone.

D3 drought conditions improved to D2 drought by the end of the month.

For multiple sites across Eastern Roosevelt County, sustained winds of 40 mph or more were common from late morning to early evening. A peak wind gust of 65 mph was recorded at the 11:45 AM at the US-2 Stateline DOT site and at Froid NE MDA mesonet site (MTM81) at 3:30 PM.

To start October, the middle strip and southeastern corner remained in D-2 Severe drought, but the northeastern quarter of the county worsened to D-3 Extreme drought. On the second week of October, the western half of the county worsened to D-2 Severe drought and all of the easte…

Most of Roosevelt County was in D-2 Severe Drought, with D-3 Extreme Drought in the north central part of the county. In the last week of September, the western border of eastern Roosevelt County improved to D-1 Moderate Drought.

On the second week of August, the northern three quarters of Eastern Roosevelt worsened to D-2 Severe Drought conditions. On the last week of August the D-2 Severe Drought extended to the Missouri River. At the same time, D-3 Extreme Drought extended down into the north central p…

At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85), intermittent visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 4 3/4 hours on the early morning of the 27th.

At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 6 3/4 hours from the early to the mid morning of the 25th.

For multiple sites across eastern Roosevelt County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the morning of the 12th to the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 64 degre…

To start April, ongoing drought conditions in all but western edge of Eastern Roosevelt County was in to (D1-Moderate) drought, while the western edge was in (D2-Severe) conditions. On the last week of April, all of Eastern Roosevelt County improved to (D1-Moderate) drought.

Multiple episodes of intermittent dense fog with visibility of a quarter mile or less occurred at the Big Sky Field AWOS (KS85). The first episode lasted for 4 hours from the late night of the 25th to the early morning of the 26th. The second episode lasted 2 1/4 hours on the mor…

At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS site (KS85), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 4 3/4 hours on the morning on the 23rd.

A trained spotter located in Bainville reported blizzard conditions as well as drifts up to 4 feet deep.

A trained spotter in Froid reported intermittent blizzard conditions from the afternoon of the 10th to the afternoon of the 11th.

A trained spotter reported an estimated 7.0 inches of snow in Froid.

To start March, ongoing drought conditions in all of Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. By the third week of March, all but western edge of Eastern Roosevelt County had improved to (D1-Moderate) drought, while the western edge remained in (D2-Severe) conditio…

To start February, ongoing drought conditions in all of Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85), temperatures in the teens to 20s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse on the morning of the 30th and briefly in the early morning of the 31st. The peak wind chill of -48 was recorded at 6…

At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 11 1/2 hours from the late night on the 18th to the late morning on the 19th.

At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 7 1/4 hours from early to mid morning on the 6th.

Multiple episodes of dense fog with visibility of a quarter mile or less occurred at the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85). The first episode lasted for 7 3/4 hours from the early morning to late morning on the 2nd. The second episode lasted 8 3/4 hours from the early morning to …

To start January, ongoing drought conditions in all of Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

A trained spotter reported blowing snow reducing visibility to an eighth mile or less. Times are estimated.

For multiple sites across Eastern Roosevelt County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse from early morning of the 21st into the late morning of the 23rd. The peak wind chill of -53 was recorded a…

Public reported blizzard and whiteout conditions on US Highway 2 between Brockton and Fort Kipp. Times are estimated.

Across Eastern Roosevelt, measured snowfall amounts ranged from 7.0 to 12.0 inches. The greatest amount of 12.0 inches was reported by a Co-op Observer in Culbertson.

To start December, ongoing drought conditions in all of Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS site (KS85), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 4 hours on the morning of the 15th.

At the Big Sky Field airport AWOS site (KS85), visibility of a quarter mile or less was recorded for about 1 3/4 hours on the morning of the 11th.

Intermittent wind speeds of 40 mph were common in Eastern Roosevelt County from the mid afternoon to the early night time hours.

To start November, ongoing drought conditions in all of Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

Intermittent wind speeds of 40 mph were common in Eastern Roosevelt County from the late morning to the late afternoon hours. The peak wind gust of 61 mph was recorded at 12:40 PM at the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS site (KS85).

To start October, ongoing drought conditions in all of Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. These conditions would remain the same through the end of the month.

On the second week of September, drought conditions worsened to (D2-Severe) along the western and southern edges of Eastern Roosevelt County, while the northeastern three quarters of the county was in (D1-Moderate) drought. On the last week of September, the entire area of Easter…

To start May, ongoing drought conditions in all of Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D2-Severe) conditions. By the third week of May the eastern two thirds of Eastern Roosevelt County had improved to (D1-Moderate) drought, while the western third of the county remained in (D2-Seve…

Intermittent blizzard conditions were reported from the morning to the early nighttime hours on the 13th, at the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS.

Public reported an estimated 8.0 inches of snowfall at 1 N Culbertson. Times are estimated.

To start April, ongoing drought conditions in Eastern Roosevelt County was in (D3-Extreme) conditions for the entire county. On the fourth week of April the far northeastern corner improved to (D2-Severe) conditions while the remainder of Eastern Roosevelt County remained in (D3-…

To start March, ongoing drought conditions in Eastern Roosevelt County in the northeastern third of Eastern Roosevelt County were at (D2-Severe) conditions while the southwestern two thirds of the county remained in (D3-Extreme) conditions. On the fourth week of March the entire …

To start February, ongoing drought conditions in Eastern Roosevelt County were at (D3-Extreme) for the entire area. On the second week of February, the eastern edge of Eastern Roosevelt County improved to (D2-Severe) conditions while the rest of the county remained in (D3-Extreme…

At the Stateline US-2 DOT site, sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph were common from the early evening hours to the early nighttime hours.

For multiple sites across Eastern Roosevelt County, temperatures in the teens and 20s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse from the early morning of the 5th into the night of the 6th. The peak wind chill of -49 was recorded from …

To start January, ongoing drought conditions in Eastern Roosevelt County were at (D3-Extreme) for the entire area. These conditions would remain the same through the end of January.

At the US-2 Stateline DOT site (MTSTA), temperatures in the 20s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse during the early morning of January 1st. The peak wind chill of -42 was recorded from 2:54 AM to 3:05 AM.