Coldest morning in 4 years; 40s ahead next week?
19 below zero Tuesday morning at MSP airport
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Cue the cargo shorts. We finally made it above zero in the Twin Cities.
The official National Weather Service thermometer at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bottomed out at minus 19 degrees Tuesday morning.
That’s the coldest reading since Valentine’s Day 2021, when we also hit minus 19 degrees.
Much of central Minnesota hit minus 20 degrees early this morning. On the map below, you can see how minus 20 made it as far south as the western and northern Twin Cities.
It hit minus 41 degrees at Lake Kabetogama Tuesday morning. That’s the second straight day of temperatures of at least minus 40 degrees in far northern Minnesota.
Temperatures will moderate into the 20s by Wednesday afternoon, and forecast models favor Pacific air moving into Minnesota next week. Highs could reach the 40s as soon as next Tuesday.
Stay tuned.
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