Subzero weather continues across much of Minnesota Thursday and overnight. Friday brings highs in the teens for most of Minnesota. Highs Saturday will be in the 30s in the south, 20s in the north. Highs by Tuesday could reach 40 degrees in the Twin Cities.
It’s (yet another) dangerously cold morning across the region early Thursday. Wind chills are as cold as 50 below zero in northwest Minnesota. Wind chills in eastern Minnesota are mainly in the minus 20s where skin can still freeze in 15 minutes.
Highs Wednesday will only be in the single digits in the southeast part of the state, including the Twin Cities, but stay subzero for most of western and northern Minnesota. Saturday brings a return to 30s in southern Minnesota and 20s in northern Minnesota.
A frigid air mass and a biting wind will greet you outside early Wednesday. Temperatures are back below zero. Temperatures in the minus 20s are prevalent in northwest Minnesota while the southeastern corner is hanging on to readings barely above zero.
The National Weather Service predicts a prolonged, major winter storm that could travel across parts of the Midwest into the Northeast later this week.
After a balmy overnight with the high temperature reaching 37 degrees, temperatures will drop throughout Tuesday as yet another arctic blast blows through Minnesota. Temperatures will be even colder Wednesday night into early Thursday.
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