Here Is How Cold January Really Gets In Montana

A Surprisingly Mild Winter Across Montana

For those of you who hate the winter months here in Montana because of the cold, you've been pretty lucky this winter.

It was an usually warm December across Montana as some places saw temperatures run about 10 degrees higher than average, and looking at the long term forecast it seems to be continuing.

Montana Winters Were Not Always This Easy

Winters in Montana weren't always this mild. Talk to anyone older than 50 and they'll tell you horror stories of winters past.

Snow piled higher than their houses, winds reaching hurricane levels and the cold dropping down into negative double digits.

This year my son wore shorts one day when playing outside in the middle of December it's been so nice in Montana.

Ranking The Coldest Januarys In Montana History

Still there have been some days in our past that have been bitter cold across the Big Sky, and that's what were looking at today, the coldest Januarys on record since 1895.

Stacker compiled data from the National Centers for Environmental Information to rank the coldest January on record, and while we like to think it's only in recent years we've experience warmer climates, the "newest" date on this list is 46 years old this year.