Cold/Wind Chill, Daniels
- When
- January 13, 6:05 AM MST to 10:05 AM MST
- Where
- Daniels forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.784, -105.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Montana, January 13, 2005
Northwest wind of 10 to 20 mph combined with temperature of 20 to 30 below zero to produce wind chills of 40 to 55 below zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- 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
- 9
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 GGW wrote it up.
Northwest wind of 10 to 20 mph combined with temperature of 20 to 30 below zero to produce wind chills of 40 to 55 below zero. A few of the colder wind chills included:Opheim (Valley County): -52FUS 2 at Stateline (Roosevelt County): -52FGlasgow (Valley County): -49F Plentywood (Sheridan County): -47F
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, McCone
- When
- January 13, 6:10 AM MST to 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- McCone forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.645, -105.795 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Valley
- When
- January 13, 7:05 AM MST to 9:00 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.365, -106.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Roosevelt
- When
- January 13, 7:30 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Roosevelt forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -105.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Dawson
- When
- January 13, 8:25 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.266, -104.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Central and Southern Valley
- When
- January 13, 8:50 AM MST to 10:30 AM MST
- Where
- Central and Southern Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.365, -106.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sheridan
- When
- January 13, 8:50 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.721, -104.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Richland
- When
- January 13, 9:05 AM MST to 12:10 PM MST
- Where
- Richland forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.788, -104.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Roosevelt
- When
- January 13, 9:50 AM MST to 11:50 AM MST
- Where
- Western Roosevelt forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -105.016 (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
- Tornadoes in Georgia, January 13, 2005
- Tornado in South Carolina, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, January 13 to 14, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 13, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 13, 2005
More
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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: 5433765, 5433766, 5433767, 5433768, 5433769, 5433770, 5433771, 5433772, 5433773.