Cold in Montana, January 11 to 16, 2024

For multiple sites across central and southern Valley County, temperatures were in the teens to 30s below zero while breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the morning of the 11th until the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 65 degrees below zero was recorded at 8:10 AM and 9:20 AM on the 13th at the Saint Marie MARCO site (07MT).

For multiple sites across Sheridan County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder beginning on the morning of the 11th and lasting as long as the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 66 degrees below zero was recorded from 11:35 PM to 11:55 PM on the 12th and at 12:35 AM on the 13th at the Sherwood Airport AWOS site (KPWD).

For multiple sites across the Little Rocky Mountains, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the evening of the 11th into the morning of the 15th. The peak wind chill of 58 degrees below zero was recorded at 8:00 AM, 7:15 PM to 7:30 PM on the 12th, and 12:00 AM to 12:15 AM on the 13th at the Hays MT-66 DOT site (MTHAY), at 7:41 AM on the 13th at the Manning Corral RAWS site (MCDM8), and at 2:00 PM and 8:30 PM on the 12th at the Malta South US-191 DOT site (MTMAL).

At the Navajo MT-5 DOT site (MTRED), temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the night of the 11th into the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 71 degrees below zero was recorded at 12:30 AM, 1:00 AM, 6:45 AM and 7:15 AM on the 13th.

For multiple sites across Western Roosevelt County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the night of the 11th into the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 70 degrees below zero was recorded from 7:30 AM to 7:45 AM on the 13th at the McDonald's MT-13 DOT site (MTMCD).

At the Bluff Creek RAWS site (BLUM8), temperatures in the teens to 40s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the night of the 11th to the morning of the 15th. The peak wind chill of 61 degrees below zero was recorded at 3:44 AM on the 13th.

For multiple sites across Garfield County, temperatures in the teens to 40s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the early morning of the 12th into the early morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 61 degrees below zero was recorded at 9:15 PM on the 12th at the Luftborough Hill MT-200 DOT site (MTLUF), at 2:48 AM on the 13th at the Jordan Airport AWOS site (KJDN), and from 3:15 AM to 3:30 AM on the 14th at the Jordan E mesonet site (MTM88).

For multiple sites across central and southeast Phillips County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the early morning of the 12th into the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 65 degrees below zero was recorded from 3:35 AM to 3:45 AM on the 13th at the Malta Airport AWOS site (KM75).

For multiple sites across Prairie County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the early morning of the 12th to midday on the 15th. The peak wind chill of 62 degrees below zero was recorded at 4:08 AM, 6:08 AM and 7:08 AM on the 13th at the Big Sheep Mountain RAWS site (LCFM8).

For multiple sites across Dawson County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder beginning on the early morning of the 12th and lasting as long as the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 67 degrees below zero was recorded at 7:45 AM on the 13th at the Lindsay Divide MT-200 DOT site (MTLND).

At the Dry Blood Creek RAWS site (DBCM8), temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the early morning of the 12th into the morning of the 15th. The peak wind chill of 54 degrees below zero was recorded at 10:41 PM on the 12th.

For multiple sites across eastern Roosevelt County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the morning of the 12th to the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 64 degrees below zero was recorded at 2:25 AM and 2:55 AM on the 13th at the Big Sky Field Airport AWOS (KS85).

For multiple sites across Richland County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the morning of the 12th into the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 67 degrees below zero was recorded at 5:15 AM, 7:15 AM, and 7:45 AM on the 13th at the FW2498 Badger Creek mesonet site.

For multiple sites across McCone County, temperatures in the teens to 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from early morning of the 12th to the morning of the 16th. The peak wind chill of 63 degrees below zero was recorded at 3:30 AM and 4:45 AM on the 13th at the Cow Creek MT-13 DOT site (MTCOW), and at 3:50 AM to 4:50 AM on the 13th at the Fort Peck Dam mesonet site (GGWFP).

For multiple sites across Wibaux County, temperatures in the 20s and 30s below zero and breezy winds created intermittent periods of wind chills of 40 degrees below zero or colder from the morning of the 12th into midday on the 15th. The peak wind chill of 66 degrees below zero was recorded at 4:35 AM and again at 9:35 AM on the 13th at the Beach Airport ASOS (K20U).