Montana Wind Chills getting chilly January 2024
Last week was marked by closures and disruptions caused by dangerously cold temperatures and copious amounts of snowfall impacting people in the Billings area and across the state.
Normal temperatures for this time of year in Billings are around 36 degrees for the high, and 18 degrees for the low, according to data from the National Weather Service (NWS) Billings office. This year, however, Billings saw an average high temp of -16.5 degrees for the period of Jan. 12 to 15.
On Sunday, Jan. 14, NWS reports a record low of -22 degrees was set, beating the previous record of -21 degrees set in 1972. A new record also was set Saturday, Jan. 13 of -26 degrees, which broke the old record of -22 degrees, recorded in 1997.
So far this month, three inches of snow has fallen in Yellowstone County, which is about 1.7 inches shy of the average for January.
On Monday, Jan. 15, school schedules were disrupted as the weather got even colder. Custer School District announced a two-hour delayed start to their day, while school was cancelled altogether for Huntley Project (HP) and Shepherd students.
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