Meghan Chada

1 month ago | kfyrtv.com | Meghan Chada

BISMARCK, N. D. (KFYR) - Almost 60 years ago brought one of the worst blizzards of all time to North Dakota. This storm had blizzard conditions for 43 hours. March 1, 1966 started like any other March day. Temperatures were just a few degrees above normal. But a trough, or a big dip in the jet stream, was forming over the West Coast, causing an area of low pressure to form in Colorado and another in the Pacific Northwest. These two lows combined in southeastern South Dakota by midnight on the third.

1 month ago | kfyrtv.com | Meghan Chada

BISMARCK, N. D. (KFYR) - Most of North Dakota’s record coldest temperatures for February come from the middle of the Dust Bowl in 1936. That still stands as the coldest February on record by a wide margin even though this February finished with temperatures overall well below normal. In 1936, Bismarck had a stretch of 4 days, between the 13th and the 16th, that set record lows and cold highs. Minot also broke quite a few records in 1936.

1 month ago | kfyrtv.com | Meghan Chada

BISMARCK, N. D. (KFYR) - Something unique is coming to our night sky. If you look to the south through the last week of February, you may be able to see seven planets at once. Starting in the southeast, which is the left end of the planetary parade, you should be able to see Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and then Mercury towards the southwest. If you have binoculars or a telescope you may be able to see Uranus and Neptune as well.

1 month ago | kfyrtv.com | Meghan Chada

BISMARCK, N. D. (KFYR) - Typically when a person thinks of February in either of the Dakotas, they don’t think of tornadoes. But that happened Monday outside of Watertown, South Dakota. There was one thunderstorm moving through the area. This was producing lightning, rain and even pea-sized hail. Then the unthinkable. Around 4:11 p.m. a tornado touched down. It stayed in an open field and lasted only about a minute. This was the first ever February tornado in South Dakota history.

2 months ago | kfyrtv.com | Meghan Chada

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Raindrops and snowflakes are almost the exact same thing, just at different temperatures. Snowflakes form when a drop of extremely cold water freezes on a dust or pollen particle. This is then an ice crystal. As the ice crystal falls more moisture freezes on creating the arms of the snowflake. This is also why no two snowflakes look the same. Each snowflake follows a different path down, creating each snowflake just slightly different.