How cold? Wind chills in 50s below zero in northern Minnesota on Sunday morning
Temperatures dropped into the 30s below zero in parts of northern Minnesota on Sunday morning — not counting the wind.
Wind chills dropped into the 50s below zero in some locations, as an arctic blast settles across the region. The frigid, below-average temperatures are forecast to remain in place for the coming week.
Here are some of the cold-weather reports relayed Sunday morning by National Weather Service offices serving Minnesota.
Find more details on the forecast on the Updraft blog.
Low temperatures (air temperatures)
35 below zero - Cotton
32 below zero - Kabetogama, Birchdale
31 below zero - Waskish
30 below zero - Park Rapids, Babbitt, Margie
29 below zero - Northome, Orr, International Falls, Effie
28 below zero - Baudette, Deer River
27 below zero - Bemidji, Fosston, Crane Lake, Cook, Pine River
26 below zero - Hibbing, Cloquet, Grand Marais airport, Grand Rapids, Longville, Walker, Hinckley, Princeton, Saginaw, Sea Gull Lake, Skibo
25 below zero - Thief River Falls, Milaca, Hill City, Sandstone, Buffalo
24 below zero - Duluth airport, McGregor, Cambridge, Owatonna, Detroit Lakes, Wadena
23 below zero - Brainerd, Breezy Point, Forest Lake, Zumbrota
22 below zero - Red Wing, Dodge Center, Rush City, Glenwood, Faribault, Grand Marais, Canton, Crookston
21 below zero - Camp Ripley, Alexandria, Esko, Preston, St. Charles, Kasson, Dexter, Stewartville
20 below zero - Rochester, New Ulm, Windom, Mora, Staples, Benson, Lakeville, Maple Lake, Hayfield, Byron, Plainview, Lake City
19 below zero - St. Cloud, Two Harbors, Sauk Centre
18 below zero - Duluth harbor, Silver Bay, Albert Lea, Appleton, Waseca, St. James, Hutchinson, Long Prairie, Glencoe, Houston
17 below zero - Mankato, Wabasha, Crystal, Fairmont, Lake Elmo, Austin
16 below zero - Redwood Falls
15 below zero - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Winona, Slayton, Jackson, Blaine, Montevideo, Olivia, Willmar
Wind chills
54 below zero - Long Point
53 below zero - French River
52 below zero - Duluth airport
51 below zero - Ash Lake, Baudette, Gatzke, Roseau
49 below zero - Hibbing, Eveleth, International Falls, Birchdale, Ely, Orr, Isabella
48 below zero - Warroad, Donaldson, Shooks, Effie
47 below zero - Cloquet, Cook, St. Vincent
46 below zero - Grand Marais airport, Northome, Thief River Falls, Fosston, Brooks
45 below zero - Detroit Lakes, Ottertail, Knife River
44 below zero - Rochester, East Grand Forks, Hermantown, Cotton, Cass Lake, Emily
43 below zero - Crane Lake, Red Lake, Kasson, Dexter
42 below zero - Bemidji, Canton
41 below zero - Hinckley, Preston, Ridgeway
40 below zero - Brainerd, Beaver Bay, Saginaw, Dodge Center
39 below zero - Kellogg, Sea Gull Lake, Staples, Dilworth
38 below zero - Hill City, Fergus Falls, Elbow Lake, Tenney
37 below zero - Duluth harbor, Grand Portage, Skibo
36 below zero - Moorhead, St. Charles, St. Cloud
35 below zero - Austin, Moose Lake
34 below zero - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Mankato, Pine River, Two Harbors, Aitkin
33 below zero - Esko
32 below zero - Walker, Willmar, Redwood Falls
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