Montana, 2023Cold in Montana, January 29 to 31, 2023
January 29 to 31, 2023 · NWS GGW · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
An Arctic air mass along with breezy conditions led to cold wind chills across the area.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
An Arctic air mass along with breezy conditions led to cold wind chills across the area.
Cold/Wind Chill, Sheridan
- When
- January 29, 7:31 PM MST to January 30, 6:30 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)
At the Comertown Turn-off MT-5 DOT site (MTCOM), temperatures in the teens to 20s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse from the night of the 29th into the morning of the 30th. The peak wind chill of -44 was recorded from 5:16 AM to 5:20 AM on the 30th.
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Roosevelt
- When
- January 29, 9:30 PM MST to January 30, 3:26 AM MST
- Where
- Western Roosevelt forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -105.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
At the McDonald's MT-13 DOT site (MTMCD), temperatures in the teens below zero and breezy winds created a peak wind chill of -40 at 9:30 PM on the 29th, and again from 3:16 AM to 3:26 AM on the 30th.
Cold/Wind Chill, Central and Se Phillips
- When
- January 30, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Central and Se Phillips forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 48.259, -107.913 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
At the Malta Airnow mesonet site (A3570), temperatures in the teens below zero and breezy winds created a peak wind chill of -40 that was recorded at 5:00 AM on the 30th.
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Roosevelt
- When
- January 30, 5:55 AM MST to January 31, 1:10 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Roosevelt forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 48.295, -105.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
At the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85), temperatures in the teens to 20s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of -40 or worse on the morning of the 30th and briefly in the early morning of the 31st. The peak wind chill of -48 was recorded at 6:55 AM on the 30th.
- 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.
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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: 1074764, 1074776, 1074759, 1074773.