A record-setting cold streak

University of Minnesota meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley reports that over the 11 days since Dec. 25 Twin Cities temperatures have been subzero on 10 nights, which has only happened one other time in history: Dec. 25, 1886, to Jan. 4, 1887.

Click on the audio player above to hear his conversation with MPR News' Phil Picardi.

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