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.
Temperatures early Tuesday are still in the 20s and even low 30s but winds are already gusting over 40 mph as arctic air is returning. Temperatures will drop through the day with teens for southern Minnesota by afternoon and single digits north. We’ll be back below zero overnight.
We have another 24 hours of milder weather to enjoy before a return of colder, windy conditions that will sweep across Minnesota. Highs Monday will be in the low 30s in the south. Cold slips into the northwestern corner of Minnesota Monday night.
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