Blizzard warnings in Northwest Minnesota, winter weather advisories across the state

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Welcome to the first of what is likely several “coldest nights so far this winter.” 

Our arctic air mass is ideal for plummeting temperatures overnight. A few clouds in eastern Minnesota may hold temperatures up a few degrees, but that’s our only thin hope of avoiding double-digit lows in some locations Friday morning. 

No matter where your thermometer ends up tomorrow morning, this will be the coldest night of winter so far for many of us. Thermometers around the inner Twin Cities core should hover around minus 18 Friday morning. Many Twin Cities suburbs will hit 20 below zero.

You may recall the last time it got this cold in Minnesota. The Twin Cities bottomed out at minus 19 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport during last February’s cold wave. 

 from the Minnesota DNR Climate Working Group.

The duration of this subzero cold snap won’t even register a blip on the all-time records. Late February’s streak of 238 straight hours was the third longest streak on record for February. 

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Paul Huttner

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Temperatures bottom out near minus 30 in the Red River Valley early Friday. 

Coldest night so far this winter across most of Minnesota

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