Cold/Wind Chill, Gillette
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Gillette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Wyoming, January 9 to 12, 1997
Arctic air brought temperatures into the 15 to 35 below zero range for overnight lows with daytime highs only near zero. Persistent northwest winds kept wind chill indices between 30 and 60 below zero through the period.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 brought temperatures into the 15 to 35 below zero range for overnight lows with daytime highs only near zero. Persistent northwest winds kept wind chill indices between 30 and 60 below zero through the period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, South Campbell
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- South Campbell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.248, -105.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Moorcroft
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Moorcroft forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.589, -104.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wyoming Black Hills
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Wyoming Black Hills forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.215, -104.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Weston
- When
- January 9, 12:00 PM MST to January 12, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Weston forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.841, -104.568 (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 Wyoming in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5584661, 5584662, 5584663, 5584664, 5584665.