Duluth sets record for number of subzero days

The low temperature at the Duluth International Airport is below zero yet again, setting the city's record for the most days with subzero temperatures in a winter season.

A Duluth News Tribune report says the temperature was minus 9 at the airport Sunday at 8 a.m. That was the 60th day of below-zero temperatures this winter.

The previous record of 59 was achieved three times, most recently in 1958-59. Before that it hadn't happened since World War I.

Duluth gets a dubious reward for setting a record: more snow. Forecasts call for a sunny day, followed by snow late Sunday through Monday evening. The region is expected to get about 4 to 7 inches of snow.

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