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MPR's Cathy Wurzer speaks to University of Minnesota Climatologist, Mark Seeley, about the weather. 

January has been pretty warm. Twin Cities residents may see a remarkable record weather streak come to an end by Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan 21.


The Twin Cities have not reported a daytime high temperature below 0 degrees since Jan, 15, 2009. By Monday, this streak could be 1,466 days long, the longest such streak in the Twin Cities climate record back to 1873.

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MPR's Cathy Wurzer speaks to University of Minnesota Climatologist, Mark Seeley, about the weather.

For Twin Cities residents we may be seeing a remarkable record weather streak come to an end by Martin Luther King Day (Monday, Jan 21st).  The Twin Cities have not reported a daytime high temperature below 0 F since January 15, 2009 (high of -6 F).  By Monday, this streak will be 1466 days long, the longest such streak in the Twin Cities climate record back to 1873.

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