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Extreme Cold Warning, Montana

Severe

Wind chills as low as 40 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

Ended Friday, December 12, 2025.

Issued
Expires
Updated

Places in this warning

How much

Wind chill
As low as 40 below zero

Map

Map of Montana with this warning The Extreme Cold Warning covers Plentywood, Scobey, Medicine Lake. PlentywoodScobeyMedicine LakeNORTH DAKOTAMONTANAFort Peck Lake25 mi PlentywoodScobeyMedicine LakeNORTH DAKOTAMONTANAFort Peck Lake50 mi PlentywoodMedicine LakeMONTANAFort Peck Lake50 mi PlentywoodMedicine LakeMONTANA50 mi
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Details from the National Weather Service

What
Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero expected.
Where
Daniels, Northern Valley, and Sheridan Counties.
When
Until noon MST today.
Impacts
The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.

Updates

  1. Allowed to end on time. December 12, 2025
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. December 12, 2025
  3. Extreme Cold Warning issued for Thursday evening through Friday afternoon. December 11, 2025