North Central Montana: How Cold Is It?

If you're reading this, congratulations! You've made it through what should be the coldest night of Montana's latest cold snap! Don't get me wrong, overnight lows will be in the -20f's to -30f's again tonight and tomorrow night before we begin a slow warming trend back to the other side of zero early next week.

Here is the preliminary list of overnight lows, as of 5:00am. Remember, though, the coldest readings usually occur just after sunrise, so many of these numbers may change in the next few hours:

National Weather Service Great Falls MT
Posted at 5:23 AM MST Sat Jan 13 2024

...PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURE REPORTS THROUGH 5 AM MST JANUARY 13TH 2024...

Location                     Temp      Time/Date

...Cascade County...

Monarch Canyon (MT DOT)      -38 F
Cascade                      -37 F     0445 AM 01/13
Great Falls Airport          -37 F     0453 AM 01/13
Cascade                -37 F     0900 PM 01/12
Sun River                    -35 F     0215 AM 01/13
Vaughn                       -35 F     0500 AM 01/13
Malmstrom AFB                -32 F     0455 AM 01/13

.Chouteau County...

Loma (MT DOT)                -37 F     0500 AM 01/13   

Big Sandy                    -34 F     1235 AM 01/13
Carter                       -33 F     0505 AM 01/13
Fort Benton                  -31 F     1119 PM 01/12

...Glacier County...
Glacier Natl Park - St Mary 1 S -41 F     0150 AM 01/13
Babb                         -40 F     0145 AM 01/13
Saint Mary                   -40 F     0211 AM 01/13
Cut Bank Airport             -39 F     0456 AM 01/13
Two Medicine Bridge (MT DOT) -37 F     1115 PM 01/12
Browning (MT DOT)            -34 F     0830 PM 01/12

...Hill County...
Rocky Boy RAWS               -44 F     0918 PM 01/12
Havre                        -42 F     0500 AM 01/13
Inverness 12s                -40 F     0254 AM 01/13
Havre Airport                -40 F     0453 AM 01/13
Hingham                      -38 F     1115 PM 01/12
Inverness (MT DOT)           -37 F     0315 AM 01/13
Rudyard                      -35 F     0345 AM 01/13

...Lewis and Clark County...
Augusta                      -39 F     0400 AM 01/13
Helena                       -39 F     0506 AM 01/13
Lincoln                      -39 F     0415 AM 01/13
Gibson Dam DCP               -34 F     0445 AM 01/13
Rogers Pass (MT DOT)         -34 F     0130 AM 01/13

...Liberty County...
Chester                      -41 F     0500 AM 01/13
Tiber 4nw                    -40 F     0510 AM 01/13
Joplin                       -38 F     0229 AM 01/13
Whitlash                     -37 F     0115 AM 01/13

...Pondera County...
CONRAD 23E                   -40 F     0200 AM 01/13
Conrad                       -36 F     0200 AM 01/13
Valier                       -32 F     1155 PM 01/12

Teton County...

Choteau                      -38 F     1245 AM 01/13  

Bynum (MCSCN)                -36 F     1230 AM 01/13
Choteau Airport              -33 F     0310 AM 01/13
Pendroy (MT DOT)             -32 F     1145 PM 01/12
Dutton                       -30 F     0225 AM 01/13

...Toole County...
Sunburst                     -40 F     0405 AM 01/13
Kevin                        -40 F     0505 AM 01/13
Shelby                       -40 F     0130 AM 01/13
Galata                       -39 F     0355 AM 01/13
Ledger                       -38 F     0125 AM 01/13
Shelby Airport               -38 F     0230 AM 01/13
Shelby                       -37 F     0345 AM 01/13
Sweetgrass (MT DOT)          -33 F     0500 AM 01/13