Cold Temperatures - Protect Yourself, Family and Pets

Cold Temperatures - Protect Yourself, Family and Pets

The temperature will be changing!

Frostbite is a serious condition that’s caused by exposure to extremely cold temperatures, while Hypothermia, or abnormally low body temperature, is a dangerous condition that can occur when a person is exposed to extremely cold temperatures.  Hypothermia is caused by prolonged exposures to very cold temperatures. When exposed to cold temperatures, your body begins to lose heat faster than it’s produced. Lengthy exposures will eventually use up your body’s stored energy, which leads to lower body temperature.


NWS Windchill chart

Did you know the coldest temperature ever recorded in North Dakota was -60 °F in Parshall on February 15, 1936? 

Note, that the highest temperature ever recorded in North Dakota was also in the year 1936 - it was 121 °F in Steele on July 6, 1936!  


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