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We close the weather books on January 2022 at midnight. This month has delivered the coldest January in 8 years to Minnesota.

We certainly had our share of bitter arctic air intrusions and subzero mornings. But when you look back at cold weather records for January, this month doesn’t even crack the top 15 coldest Januarys on record. 

Here’s are some preliminary temperature numbers for January 2022:

Most of Minnesota is running between 5 and 10 degrees colder than average.

For snowfall, the state has received slightly below to above-average snowfall this month. 

It was respectably cold this month in Minnesota. But we still would have needed to be about 6 degrees colder to match the No. 15 spot back in 1994. 

Another arctic front arrives Tuesday to open the month of February. This brings more subzero air to Minnesota, but it does not look quite as extreme as the air mass that brought minus 16 degrees to the Twin Cities last week. 

It looks like the Twin Cities will bottom out around minus 10 degrees Thursday morning, with minus 20s to  minus 30 up north.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s latest 30-day temperature outlook favors equal chances for above and below-average temperatures and snowfall for February.

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Paul Huttner

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It was respectably cold this month in Minnesota, but it wasn’t even close to cold enough to crack the top 15 coldest Januarys on record.

Temperature departure from average this month 

Coldest January in 8 years for Minnesota, but nowhere near record

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