It was certainly a record breaking cold wave that roared in Saturday night as these numbers show. Thankfully the worst is over as it will simply now only be only extremely cold and very cold over the coming days, and the forecast now is saying we may get above freezing briefly later this week. And while it is super cold, the really nice thing is that the wind has all but stopped blowing. Something small to be grateful for.RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
925 AM MST MON DEC 15 2008
...THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET AT THE CHEYENNE AIRPORT...
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 13 BELOW ZERO WAS SET THIS MORNING...ON
MONDAY DECEMBER 15 2008 AT THE CHEYENNE AIRPORT. THE OLD RECORD LOW OF 9
BELOW ZERO WAS SET IN 1884.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
711 PM MST SUN DEC 14 2008
...THE RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET AT THE CHEYENNE AIRPORT...
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 1 DEGREE ABOVE ZERO TODAY...SUNDAY DECEMBER 14 2008...SETS A
NEW RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY. THE OLD RECORD OF 11
WAS SET IN 1926.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
102 AM MST MON DEC 15 2008
...RECORD LOWS FALL AT CASPER AND ROCK SPRINGS WYOMING...
THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -18 DEGREES WAS SET AT CASPER
YESTERDAY, SUNDAY MORNING...DECEMBER 14TH. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF -9
DEGREES SET BACK IN 1967.
THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -10 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROCK SPRINGS
YESTERDAY, SUNDAY MORNING...DECEMBER 14TH. THIS BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF -3 THAT
WAS SET BACK IN 1987.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
642 AM MST MON DEC 15 2008
...NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN DENVER FOR DECEMBER 14TH AND 15TH...
THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON SUNDAY DECEMBER 14TH
DROPPED TO -18 DEGREES AT 635 PM AND NEVER DROPPED BELOW -18 PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.
SO THAT ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 14TH
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF -14 DEGREES SET IN 1901.
THEN ON MONDAY DECEMBER 15TH...THE LOW TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT -19 DEGREES
AT 231 AM. THIS IS A NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 15TH
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF -6 SET IN 1951.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
414 AM MST MON DEC 15 2008
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT BILLINGS MT...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -18 DEGREES WAS SET AT BILLINGS MT
YESTERDAY, SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF -13 SET IN 1945. IN
ADDITION THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 14 WAS ONLY -8 DEGREES. THIS
SETS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE. THE OLD RECORD
WAS 4 DEGREES SET IN 1948.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
409 AM MST MON DEC 15 2008
...RECORD TEMPERATURES SET AT SHERIDAN WY...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -16 DEGREES WAS SET AT SHERIDAN WY
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF -13 SET IN 1940. IN
ADDITION THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 14 ONLY REACHED 9
DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THIS SETS A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE
DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 9 DEGREES SET IN 1975.
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 | Record Report | |
| Statement as of 8:07 PM EST on December 15, 2008 ...Record Cool Maximum Temperatures For Dec 15 In North Central Location new record old record year set Dillon Airport -12 12 1967 Great Falls -9 -4 1979 Helena -2 0 1899 Cut Bank -11 -9 1979 Wisdom -8 -5 1967 Havre -13 -8 1924 Townsend -5 7 1951 Boulder -9 11 1967 Valier -7 -5 1951 Choteau -8 -7 1933 White Sulphur Sprs -14 12 1967 Belgrade field -5 3 1967 Shelby -7 -2 1951 Lewistown -11 -2 1897 Harlem -12 -1 1951 ... Record low temperatures for Dec 15 in north central and southwest Montana... Location new record old record year set Dillon Airport -27 -13 1964 Havre -33 -28 1964 White Sulphur State Pk -29 -27 1964 Lewistown -29 tied -29 1964 Harlem -31 -27 1964 The coldest temperature reported in the area was -38f... north of Havre... .near the international border. | ||
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Meanwhile the temperature rose to a record breaking 81 degrees in Wichita Falls, TX.
And Childress, TX, saw a record high of 76 before the front arrived, plunging
temperatures by over 50 degrees in a matter of hours during Sunday 14 December.
Ah the thrills and hardship of winter across The Plains. Someday, perhaps sooner than
I realize, I will be living in a place where I will not have to deal with this ever
again.
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