Climate in Cut Bank
Cut Bank's climate carries a real, colorful cold-weather identity this record verifies honestly rather than repeating uncritically.
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Learn moreA real record low, verified against the actual US record
Cut Bank's coldest recorded temperature ran -47°F (February 15, 1936) -- genuinely cold, but this record verifies it is NOT the actual US record: Prospect Creek, Alaska hit -80°F in 1971, and Rogers Pass, Montana (a different part of the state) hit -70°F in 1954 (base record).
A real, disclosed genuine local branding identity
The town's 'coldest spot in the nation' claim, memorialized by the real Cut Bank Penguin statue, is a real, colorful piece of local tourism identity this record discloses as branding rather than a confirmed superlative (base record).
Real, statewide wildfire and winter-storm risk
Real, statewide wildfire risk applies (one source cited 90% of Montana at risk), alongside real, significant winter-storm risk consistent with Cut Bank's own extreme cold-record history (base record).
A genuinely flood-relevant river-confluence setting
Cut Bank sits at the real confluence of Cut Bank Creek and the Two Medicine River (forming the Marias River) -- a genuinely flood-relevant geographic setting, though no Cut Bank-specific FEMA flood-zone figure was confirmed this pass (base record).
Key takeaways
- Cut Bank's real -47°F record low (1936) is genuinely cold but not the actual US or contiguous-US record -- this record verifies and discloses that honestly.
- The town's 'coldest spot' branding is real, colorful local identity, not a confirmed national superlative.
- Real, statewide wildfire and winter-storm risk both apply to Cut Bank.
- Cut Bank's river-confluence setting is genuinely flood-relevant, though no address-specific FEMA figure was confirmed this pass.
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