Harsh winters are something you really can t avoid if you live in Montana. One of the coldest temperatures on record in the entire country was right here in the Treasure State. Back in 1954, a temperature of -70 was recorded at Roger s Pass, north of Helena. To this day, this is the coldest temperature on record in the lower 48.
So far this winter, temperatures have been much warmer than usual. We ll most likely see temperatures drop below zero a few times this winter, but throughout Montana s history there have been some extremely harsh winters.
We researched the coldest temperatures in Montana history and here s what we found.
Northeastern Montana may not have been first on the list for vaccines, but it does now have a dedicated drive-through testing site for COVID-19. That should help to tremendously improve access to local testing for area residents.
Janette McCollum, owner of All Check, decided to stand up a drive-through testing service in the back of Checkers, completely separate from its continuing alcohol and drug testing service.
âEverything for COVID stays in the back,â McCollum said.
McCollum said she heard during a meeting that the Sidney Health Center could use help with doing more COVID testing. That set some wheels turning in her mind, and prompted her to think of ways she could help the community with this service.
and towards the end of the week we start to see the heat building into the ohio valley. cincinnati into the low 90s and areas in the mid atlantic inching up also. we are 93 in boston. 95 in d.c. the cold front cools off the northeast this evening with isolated showers and storms. in montana, half a million people are under severe weather threat today and we could see an isolated tornado or two. so keep it in mind, especially in areas of northeastern montana and slimmer in northwestern dakota. we found out yesterday that june was the third warmest on record. many areas in the middle of the country were much above. areas in the west were a little below in the northwest, but 15 states had their top ten warmest junes on record, mostly here in the midwest, a few in the southeast. some of the highlights were colorado, new mexico and texas which were third, second and third. as far as we go into the southwest, yasmin.
effort? you can all talk to me on twitter, @alexwitt. now to weather, in michigan, some areas saw up to a foot of snow as a winter storm continues to threaten parts of the far north. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is here with the forecast. good morning, dylan. good morning, alex. that big storm system that affected most of the country this past week is finally gone. we are going to see some colder temperatures work into the northeast. but, at least the rain is moving on out of here. it s 41 in new york city. but 30 degrees in minneapolis, where some lighter snow showers are still possible today. we will also see some light snow across northern michigan today, as well, with a couple inches of snow possible. there is a bigger system that s gathering itself across western montana. that is slowly going to spread eastward. it is falling as rain across central and eastern montana. just north of billings. but it is going to cool down as this storm continues to develop. and it does look l
bill: here now is a plan to bring back an iconic animal to the west but not without serious controversy, with the help of native american tribes, dozens of yellowstone bison have been brought to the state. dan springer is live in seattle to figure out in between all of this, what s the significance of the buffalo, dan reporter: of all, these are big, powerful animals, it was cool seeing them up close. these bison are genetically pure. they are direct descendents of the millions that roamed the great plains before nearly being wiped out in the 1880s, and the state of montana s plan is to get them on the plains, in the care of the same tribes that depended upon the buffalo for everything, food, clothing, shelter, you name it. a few weeks ago the state relocated 61 pure bison from a holding pen near yellowstone national park and handed them over to the senebo and sioux tribes. when i think of my