Havre-area sees second-coldest February on record

Despite some relatively warmer weather in north-central Montana at the start and end of February — with March coming in like a lion — the month ended up being historically cold, with National Weather Service reporting Havre recording the second-coldest February on record.

The monthly average temperature — that averages the high and low each day — ended up at minus 5.9 degrees Fahrenheit for Havre, edging out the previous second-coldest of minus 4.9 degrees set in 1887.

What is now the fourth-coldest average for February, set in 1891, is minus 0.2 degrees.

The benchmark for cold Februaries in H...