If you were around for any of these huge news events- you experienced one of the coldest days in Bismarck history! You may have even survived more than one.
With temperatures dropping into the negative teens, the forecast calls for more chills than thrills. Written By: M.C. AMICK | ×
Frigid Temperatures, according to The National Weather Service are expected until Sun. February 14. (M.C. Amick/The Dickinson Press)
The cold is here to stay, at least for this week.
Meteorologist Alex Edwards, of The National Weather Service in Bismarck, said below zero temperatures are here to stay until mid-Sunday.
“We’re expecting this cold spell to last into the weekend. Sunday should begin a gradual rebound in temperatures, but through the rest of the week we are expecting these bitterly cold temperatures to remain in place,” Edwards said.
The mellow month of January has ended, giving way to a frigid February. Wind chills in the -40s are expected for the weekend. The National Weather Service in Bismarck details the upcoming forecast.
Winds in excess of 90 mph were not uncommon in the Dakotas and Montana Jan. 13-14. Buildings were damaged, a blown-over semi blocked Interstate 94 and a large grass fire moved through farms and ranches in southern North Dakota and northern South Dakota.
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A fisherman walks onto the ice at Lake Audubon in this Dec. 26, 2020 photograph. Although some large ice houses can be found on state lakes, many anglers remain wary of ice conditions due to unseasonably warm temperatures.
The winter of 2020-2021 is well on its way to becoming one for the record books. The question is, how long into the winter season can our unusually warm temperatures continue?
According to the National Weather Service, high temperatures throughout the state today are expected to approach or surpass all-time records. Minot’s all-time high for this date was 46 degrees set in 1942. Wednesday’s forecast calls for a possible high temperature of 51 degrees and Minot is not alone in hopes of surpassing record high temperatures. There’s a very good possibility that several North Dakota locations will set new temperature records today.