Cold in Montana, January 19, 2022

Name: Cold in Montana, January 19, 2022
Start: 2022-01-19T00:35
End: 2022-01-19T09:23
Location: Montana

January 19, 2022 · NWS GGW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The combination of gusty winds and cold arctic air created dangerously cold wind chills in Sheridan County.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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What happened

The episode as NWS GGW wrote it up.

The combination of gusty winds and cold arctic air created dangerously cold wind chills in Sheridan County.

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Event by event

1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Sheridan

When: January 19, 12:35 AM MST to 9:23 AM MST
Where: Sheridan forecast zone
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 48.721, -104.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

For multiple sites across Sheridan County, temperatures in the teens to 20s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse from the early |morning through the mid morning on the 19th. The peak wind chill of -45 was recorded at the Comertown Turn-Off MT-5 DOT site (MTCOM) at 8:23 AM on the 19th.

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 1002513.