Frigid cold: Sub-zero temperatures reported across the High Desert

Joe MitchellThermometers across the region plunged toward or below zero Monday morning, including near Smith Rock Three lifts open on backup power ...

February 2, 2023
2:36 AM

Joe MitchellThermometers across the region plunged toward or below zero Monday morning, including near Smith Rock Three lifts open on backup power at noon BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Temperatures plunged below zero across much of Central Oregon early Monday as the Arctic front that brought some weekend snow got even colder. It dropped to -3 at Redmond Redmond Airport and -2 at Bend Airport at 4:15 a.m., with a wind chill of -8. Prineville Airport also hit -2. Powell Butte resident Kenna Hoyser reported a -5 temperature Monday morning, as did Joe Mitchell, near Smith Rock.

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