Cold/Wind Chill, Butte
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in South Dakota, December 26, 2017
Bitterly cold air settled into northwestern South Dakota during the morning hours. Air temperatures dropped to 15 below to 25 below zero, with wind chills as low as 40 below zero.
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.
Bitterly cold air settled into northwestern South Dakota during the morning hours. Air temperatures dropped to 15 below to 25 below zero, with wind chills as low as 40 below zero.
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, Harding
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Perkins
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Meade Co Plains
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Ziebach
- When
- December 26, 12:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (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
- Winter Weather in Kansas, December 26, 2017
- Winter Weather in Texas, December 26 to 28, 2017
- Extreme Cold in South Dakota, December 26, 2017
- Cold in Iowa, December 26 to 27, 2017
- Extreme Cold in Montana, December 26 to 27, 2017
- Extreme Cold in Montana, December 26, 2017
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Hawaii, December 26 to 27, 2017
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 26 to 28, 2017
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, December 2017
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: 731241, 731242, 731243, 731244, 731245.