Cold cuts

The first cold snap of the year saw below zero temperatures descend on the area last weekend, with wind chills that reached dangerous levels.

The National Weather Service recorded the coldest wind chill ten miles east of Pine Haven, which measured -39 degrees F at 7:42 a.m. on Monday.

It wasn't the only place to feel the bite. Southeast of Alva, ten minutes later, the wind chill was recorded at -38 degrees F.

Pine Haven and Beulah both experienced -33 degree wind chills early on Monday, with -31 degrees recorded near Hulett, -30 degrees in Moorcroft and Pine Haven and -28 by Devils Tower.

Across the region, the coldest temperature on Monday was recorded near Four Courners in Weston County and in Harding County, SD, at -52 degrees.