So out in far west ND, right? Near Teddy Roosevelt Nat’l Park?
If so, that tends to be the
warmer part of ND. The far eastern bit of ND is so brutal and much worse than the far western part.
A huge part of it is the wind. A large part of the far east is on the bottom of Lake Agassi, which is an ancient dried-up flat lakebed that extended up into Canada. But the east colder too.
Here’s a typical map of ND avg temps in Feb:
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Fargo is bad, but Grand Forks and Minot are even worse. Plus there’s nothing to do!
The -70°F record in Montana is on top of a continental pass…nobody lives there. ND inflicts its pain on regular towns of 25k to 150k people. It’s crazy that people live there and don’t move.
But I’ll give you that Cut Bank, MT (pop. ~3000) sounds like it sucks. At least you’re closer to mountains and beautiful scenery.
Not so sure Cut Bank is the coldest town in the lower 48 either. Maybe on average? Can’t find stats.
When driving into Cut Bank, it's hard to miss the giant penguin statue. The sign says that it is the coldest place in the nation, but is it? That is
www.montanarightnow.com
As I mentioned, there’s a number of towns in ND with -60° or -59° records. Cut Bank’s record is -47°F.
