Cold/Wind Chill, Traverse
- When
- January 28, 10:00 PM CST to January 29, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Traverse forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.772, -96.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
Extreme wind chills of 50 below to 70 below developed from the late evening of the 28th to the late evening of the 29th as cold arctic air moved in and northwest winds increased.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
Extreme wind chills of 50 below to 70 below developed from the late evening of the 28th to the late evening of the 29th as cold arctic air moved in and northwest winds increased.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Big Stone
- When
- January 28, 10:00 PM CST to January 29, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Big Stone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.426, -96.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Washington, January 28, 1996
- Cold in Montana, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 28, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 30, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5537799, 5537800.