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Eventdex · Cold & Wind Chill

FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS

500303

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Event typeevent_typeExtreme Cold/Wind Chill
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id500,303
Episode IDepisode_id82,981
Begin UTCbegin_utc2014-02-05T01:55:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2014-02-07T19:15:00+00:00
StatestateMONTANA
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameFLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceAWOS
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeSeveral reinforcing bouts of arctic air bring snow and extreme cold to western Montana. By the morning of Feb. 6, many valley locations saw air temperature readings between 30 and 40 degree below zero which caused businesses and school systems to close.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeThe Ronan Airport AWOS recorded a low temperature of -38 deg. F at 5:15 am MST on Feb. 6, and a power outage was reported in Ronan. The Glacier Park International Airport located north of Kalispell saw extreme wind chills between Feb. 4-6 and saw its coldest wind chill reading of -30 at 5:55 am MST Feb. 6. The Polson Kerr Dam COOP recorded -22 on Feb. 6, which makes it the coldest all-time temperature for the month of February since records began in March 1951. Other low temperatures recorded include: -42 St. Ignatius 5 north, -28 St. Ignatius, -24 Whitefish, and -23 Creston. On Feb. 5, the Bigfork school districts closed due to dangerous wind chills. On Feb. 6, the St. Ignatius schools closed due to extreme cold and wind chills.
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