Cold/Wind Chill, Harding
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in South Dakota, January 9 to 12, 1997
Arctic air lowered temperatures into the ten to 30 below zero range for overnight lows with highs remaining below zero. A persistent northwest wind produced wind chill indices from 30 to 70 below zero through the period.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 21 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
- 21
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 UNR wrote it up.
Arctic air lowered temperatures into the ten to 30 below zero range for overnight lows with highs remaining below zero. A persistent northwest wind produced wind chill indices from 30 to 70 below zero through the period. The bitter cold made digging out from the recent blizzard difficult. Also, the cold contributed to damage and loss of livestock.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
21 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Perkins
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Butte
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Meade Co. Plains
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Meade Co. Plains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Ziebach
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Black Hills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Black Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.310, -103.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Foot Hills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Foot Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.359, -103.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Central Foot Hills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central Foot Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Foot Hills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Foot Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.239, -103.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Central Black Hills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central Black Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.841, -103.137 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Black Hills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Southern Black Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Custer Plains
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Custer Plains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pennington Plains
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Plains forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Haakon
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Fall River Co.
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Fall River Co. forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.239, -103.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Oglala Lakota
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.336, -102.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Bennett
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Bennett forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.195, -101.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mellette
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Mellette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.581, -100.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Todd
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tripp
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tripp forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.346, -99.884 (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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 9 to 10, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 9, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 9, 1997
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, January 1997
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5584666, 5584667, 5584668, 5584669, 5584670, 5584671, 5584672, 5584819, 5584820, 5584821, 5584822, 5584823, 5584824, 5584825, 5584826, 5584827, 5584828, 5584829, 5584830, 5584831, 5584832.