Cold/Wind Chill, North Big Horn Basin
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- North Big Horn Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.524, -108.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Wyoming, January 28, 1996
Cold temperatures and strong winds combined to produce wind chill temperatures of 40 to 60 degrees below zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 8
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 CYS wrote it up.
Cold temperatures and strong winds combined to produce wind chill temperatures of 40 to 60 degrees below zero.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Southwest Big Horn Basin
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southwest Big Horn Basin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.719, -108.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Bighorn Mountains Southeast
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Bighorn Mountains Southeast forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.635, -107.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Big Horn Mountains
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Big Horn Mountains forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Sheridan Foothills
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan Foothills forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Big Horn Mountains
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Big Horn Mountains forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Buffalo Foothills
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Buffalo Foothills forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, South Campbell
- When
- January 28, 7:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Campbell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (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
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 28 to 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5536784, 5536785, 5536786, 5536787, 5536788, 5536789, 5536790, 5536791.