Below is a listing of the coldest wind chills and temperatures observed during the historic 2019 cold outbreak.
Observed Coldest Wind Chills
LOCATION WIND CHILL TIME/DATE PROVIDER Alexandria 2SSE -63 F 0820 PM 01/29 MNDOT Benson AP -62 F 0735 PM 01/29 AWOS Starbuck 8SSW -62 F 0930 PM 01/29 MNDOT Woodville 1S -62 F 0705 AM 01/30 AWS Willmar AP -61 F 0716 PM 01/29 AWOS Granite Ledge 7N -61 F 1128 PM 01/29 CWOP Glenwood AP -61 F 0435 AM 01/30 AWOS Clara City 2WSW -61 F 0820 PM 01/29 MNDOT Harding 3WNW -61 F 0400 AM 01/30 MNDOT Belgrade 3ESE -61 F 1010 PM 01/29 MNDOT Ellendale 5NNE -61 F 1045 PM 01/29 MNDOT Menomonie AP -60 F 0515 AM 01/30 AWOS Sauk Centre 2SE -60 F 0845 PM 01/29 MNDOT Winthrop 2W -60 F 0845 PM 01/29 MNDOT Cannon Falls 7SSE -60 F 0545 AM 01/30 MNDOT Madelia 3ENE -60 F 0900 PM 01/29 MNDOT New Ulm AP -60 F 1015 PM 01/29 AWOS Long Prairie AP -59 F 0616 AM 01/30 AWOS Alexandria AP -59 F 0853 PM 01/29 ASOS Bloomington 1WSW -59 F 1019 AM 01/30 AWS Fairmont AP -59 F 1056 PM 01/29 AWOS Isle 1WSW -59 F 0935 AM 01/30 AWS Le Center -59 F 0435 AM 01/30 AWS Mankato AP -59 F 1009 PM 01/29 AWOS Rice 1NNW -59 F 0105 AM 01/30 MNDOT Olivia AP -59 F 0955 PM 01/29 AWOS Sauk Rapids HS -59 F 1124 PM 01/29 AWS St. Cloud AP -59 F 0353 AM 01/30 ASOS Champlin 2ESE -58 F 0439 AM 01/30 AWS Milaca -58 F 0649 AM 01/30 CWOP Blue Earth 2NW -58 F 1045 PM 01/29 MNDOT New Germany 1NW -58 F 0315 AM 01/30 MNDOT Red Wing 4W -58 F 0935 AM 01/30 MNDOT Marietta 5SSW -58 F 0815 PM 01/29 MNDOT Morris -58 F 0720 PM 01/29 AWS Flensburg 2SSW -57 F 0805 AM 01/30 CWOP Ellsworth 2ESE -57 F 0333 AM 01/30 AWS Hutchinson 1WSW -57 F 0535 AM 01/30 AWS Litchfield 3S -57 F 1111 PM 01/29 RAWS Litchfield AP -57 F 0815 PM 01/29 AWOS Clearwater 1SE -57 F 0446 AM 01/30 MNDOT Mayer 1NE -57 F 0335 AM 01/30 MNDOT Hanley Falls -57 F 0945 PM 01/29 MNDOT Milaca 8N -57 F 0840 AM 01/30 MNDOT Brooklyn Park 2SSE -57 F 1200 AM 01/30 AWS Montevideo AP -57 F 1015 PM 01/29 AWOS Paynesville AP -57 F 0916 AM 01/30 AWOS Cumberland AP -57 F 0655 AM 01/30 AWOS Waseca AP -56 F 1015 PM 01/29 AWOS Apple Valley 2WSW -56 F 0409 AM 01/30 AWS Appleton AP -56 F 0916 PM 01/29 AWOS Bock 3WNW -56 F 0450 AM 01/30 CWOP Jordan 6E -56 F 1015 PM 01/29 CWOP Springfield 1NW -56 F 1001 PM 01/29 CWOP Foreston 1WNW -56 F 0851 AM 01/30 CWOP Forest Lake 1SE -56 F 1115 PM 01/29 AWS Granite Falls AP -56 F 0836 PM 01/29 AWOS New Prague 2W -56 F 0435 AM 01/30 MNDOT New Richmond AP -56 F 0455 AM 01/30 AWOS Redwood Falls AP -56 F 0453 AM 01/30 ASOS Buffalo 1NNW -55 F 0309 AM 01/30 AWS Eau Claire 2SSW -55 F 0711 AM 01/30 CWOP Searles 5SE -55 F 1035 PM 01/29 CWOP Sauk Rapids 4E -55 F 0104 AM 01/30 CWOP Madison AP -55 F 0935 PM 01/29 AWOS Hastings 1WSW -55 F 0139 AM 01/30 AWS Hutchinson AP -55 F 0536 AM 01/30 AWOS Minneapolis-St. Paul AP -55 F 1053 PM 01/29 ASOS New Hope -55 F 1249 AM 01/30 AWS Waconia 1WSW -55 F 1049 PM 01/29 AWS Rogers 2NNE -54 F 0834 AM 01/30 CWOP Santiago 3E -54 F 0320 AM 01/30 RAWS Eau Clairie 2NE -54 F 0809 AM 01/30 AWS Eau Claire AP -54 F 0856 AM 01/30 ASOS Eden Prairie 1WNW -54 F 0500 AM 01/30 AWS Wells 3ESE -54 F 1015 PM 01/29 CWOP Glencoe AP -54 F 0815 PM 01/29 AWOS Hudson -54 F 0550 AM 01/30 AWS Lakeville AP -54 F 0436 AM 01/30 AWOS Little Falls AP -54 F 0316 AM 01/30 AWOS Maple Lake AP -54 F 0355 AM 01/30 AWOS Crystal AP -54 F 0853 AM 01/30 ASOS Osceola AP -54 F 0515 AM 01/30 AWOS West St. Paul 1N -54 F 0744 AM 01/30 AWS Stillwater -54 F 0809 AM 01/30 AWS St. Paul Dwtn AP -54 F 1153 PM 01/29 ASOS Stanton AP -54 F 1115 PM 01/29 AWOS Blaine AP -53 F 0255 AM 01/30 AWOS Skyline 2E -53 F 0918 PM 01/29 CWOP Willmar 2ENE -53 F 0246 AM 01/30 CWOP Edina 2NE -53 F 0400 AM 01/30 AWS Elk River 2SSW -53 F 0224 AM 01/30 AWS Eden Prairie AP -53 F 0953 PM 01/29 ASOS Farmington 1ESE -53 F 1139 PM 01/29 AWS Gordonsville -53 F 0800 AM 01/30 GOES Mora AP -53 F 1216 AM 01/30 AWOS Mora 1ENE -53 F 0508 AM 01/30 RAWS Lino Lakes 2W -53 F 0134 AM 01/30 AWS Osceola 1NNE -53 F 0350 AM 01/30 AWS Red Wing AP -53 F 0116 AM 01/30 AWOS Stanley 1SSE -53 F 0758 AM 01/30 WIDOT Carver 3S -53 F 0449 AM 01/30 RAWS Canby AP -52 F 1015 PM 01/29 AWOS Robbinsdale -52 F 0252 AM 01/30 CWOP Golden Valley 2WNW -52 F 0740 PM 01/29 CWOP Faribault 1SSW -52 F 1039 PM 01/29 AWS Ham Lake 1WNW -52 F 1039 PM 01/29 AWS Victoria 1WSW -52 F 0808 PM 01/29 CWOP Lake Minnetonka 1SSE -52 F 0405 AM 01/30 AWS Princeton AP -52 F 0255 AM 01/30 AWOS Tony AP -52 F 0615 AM 01/30 AWOS Rice Lake AP -52 F 0835 AM 01/30 AWOS Chetek AP -52 F 0635 AM 01/30 AWOS Elko -51 F 0445 AM 01/30 CWOP Minnesota Lake -51 F 0731 AM 01/30 CWOP Little Falls 2SSE -51 F 1007 PM 01/29 RAWS South St. Paul 1WSW -51 F 0100 AM 01/30 MNDOT Rush City AP -51 F 0416 AM 01/30 AWOS St. Croix Falls 2ESE -51 F 0206 AM 01/30 WIDOT Prior Lake -50 F 1200 AM 01/30 CWOP Lemond -50 F 1039 PM 01/29 CWOP Skyline -50 F 0730 PM 01/29 MNDOT Bloomington 2E -50 F 1009 PM 01/29 AWS
Observed Low Temperatures
Location Temp Time/Date Provider Randall -39 F 0702 AM 01/31 CWOP Flensburg 2SSW -39 F 0755 AM 01/31 CWOP Little Falls 2SSE -38 F 0607 AM 01/31 RAWS Harding 3WNW -38 F 0720 AM 01/31 MNDOT Granite Ledge 7N -37 F 0748 AM 01/31 CWOP Branch 8ENE -37 F 0822 AM 01/31 CWOP Twin Lakes 5SE -37 F 0545 AM 01/31 MNDOT Foley 6WSW -37 F 0720 AM 01/31 MNDOT St. Peter 2N -37 F 0521 AM 01/31 MNDOT Milaca 8N -37 F 0735 AM 01/31 MNDOT Osceola 1NNE -37 F 0800 AM 01/31 AWS Woodville 1S -37 F 0805 AM 01/31 AWS Long Prairie AP -36 F 0615 AM 01/31 AWOS Lakeville 2NE -36 F 0524 AM 01/31 CWOP Scandia 3NNE -36 F 0755 AM 01/31 CWOP Little Falls AP -36 F 0436 AM 01/31 AWOS Rice 1NNW -36 F 0600 AM 01/31 MNDOT Benson AP -35 F 0336 AM 01/31 AWOS Bock 3WNW -35 F 0750 AM 01/31 CWOP Santiago 3E -35 F 0720 AM 01/31 RAWS Zimmerman -35 F 0813 AM 01/31 CWOP Mora AP -35 F 0756 AM 01/31 AWOS Mora 1ENE -35 F 0808 AM 01/31 RAWS Menomonie AP -35 F 1155 PM 01/31 AWOS Clearwater 1SE -35 F 0555 AM 01/31 MNDOT Skyline -35 F 0545 AM 01/31 MNDOT Morristown -35 F 0500 AM 01/31 GOES Princeton AP -35 F 0735 AM 01/31 AWOS St. Cloud AP -35 F 0600 AM 01/31 ASOS Henderson 3NNE -35 F 0640 AM 01/31 UPR Appleton -34 F 0130 AM 01/31 GOES Eagan 2SE -34 F 0553 AM 01/31 CWOP Cambridge 3W -34 F 0801 AM 01/31 CWOP Osceola 1NE -34 F 0801 AM 01/31 CWOP Spring Valley 1SSW -34 F 0730 AM 01/31 CWOP Foreston 1WNW -34 F 0806 AM 01/31 CWOP Milaca -34 F 0754 AM 01/31 CWOP Ham Lake 1WNW -34 F 0724 AM 01/31 AWS Isle 1WSW -34 F 0845 AM 01/30 AWS Sauk Centre 2SE -34 F 0700 AM 01/31 MNDOT Morris -34 F 0815 AM 01/30 AWS Paynesville AP -34 F 0256 AM 01/31 AWOS Stillwater -34 F 0819 AM 01/30 AWS Chetek AP -34 F 1155 AM 01/31 AWOS Albert Lea AP -33 F 0655 AM 01/31 AWOS Augusta 1NW -33 F 0705 AM 01/31 RAWS Elk River 2WNW -33 F 0757 AM 01/31 CWOP Appleton AP -33 F 0230 AM 01/31 AWOS Rogers 3NE -33 F 0730 AM 01/31 CWOP Wyoming 6WSW -33 F 0706 AM 01/31 RAWS Champlin 2ESE -33 F 0809 AM 01/30 AWS Zumbrota -33 F 0923 AM 01/31 CWOP Chisago City 4S -33 F 0730 AM 01/31 CWOP Glenwood AP -33 F 0515 AM 01/31 AWOS Hastings 1WSW -33 F 0549 AM 01/31 AWS Ladysmith 2SW -33 F 0705 AM 01/31 RAWS Luck -33 F 0311 PM 01/31 COOP Blue Earth 2NW -33 F 0340 AM 01/31 MNDOT Alexandria 2SSE -33 F 0845 AM 01/30 MNDOT New Germany 1NW -33 F 0345 AM 01/31 MNDOT Belgrade 3ESE -33 F 0805 AM 01/30 MNDOT Appleton -33 F 0300 AM 01/31 GPSMET Osceola AP -33 F 0755 AM 01/31 AWOS Red Wing AP -33 F 0755 AM 01/31 AWOS Rush City AP -33 F 0736 AM 01/31 AWOS Sauk Rapids HS -33 F 0809 AM 01/30 AWS Stanton AP -33 F 0515 AM 01/31 AWOS Cumberland AP -33 F 0715 AM 01/31 AWOS Apple Valley 2WSW -32 F 0805 AM 01/30 AWS Spring Lake 2NNE -32 F 0812 AM 01/31 CWOP Buffalo 1NNW -32 F 0714 AM 01/30 AWS Cambridge -32 F 0810 AM 01/31 CWOP Red Wing 2S -32 F 0801 AM 01/31 CWOP Sauk Rapids 4E -32 F 0758 AM 01/31 CWOP Golden Valley 2WNW -32 F 0630 AM 01/31 CWOP Eau Clairie 2NE -32 F 0809 AM 01/30 AWS Eden Prairie 1WNW -32 F 0740 AM 01/30 AWS Ellsworth 2ESE -32 F 0909 AM 01/30 AWS Hudson -32 F 0800 AM 01/31 AWS Hutchinson 1WSW -32 F 0540 AM 01/30 AWS Ellendale 5NNE -32 F 0630 AM 01/31 MNDOT Brooklyn Park 2SSE -32 F 0810 AM 01/30 AWS Montevideo 1SE -32 F 0804 AM 01/30 AWS New Hope -32 F 0709 AM 01/30 AWS New Richmond AP -32 F 0755 AM 01/31 AWOS Rice Lake AP -32 F 0755 AM 01/31 AWOS Waconia 1WSW -32 F 0744 AM 01/30 AWS Altoona 1E -31 F 0835 AM 01/31 CWOP 2 WSW Minnetonka -31 F 0600 AM 01/31 CWOP Alexandria AP -31 F 1153 PM 01/30 ASOS Glenwood City 5WNW -31 F 0720 AM 01/31 CWOP Maple Lake 2SSW -31 F 0817 AM 01/30 CWOP Big Lake 2SSE -31 F 0714 AM 01/30 CWOP Clearwater 3W -31 F 0740 AM 01/31 CWOP Coon Rapids 2NE -31 F 0655 AM 01/31 CWOP Morris 4SW -31 F 0800 AM 01/30 CWOP Forest Lake 1SE -31 F 0845 AM 01/30 AWS Gordonsville -31 F 0530 AM 01/31 GOES Le Center -31 F 0850 AM 01/30 AWS Litchfield 3S -31 F 0311 AM 01/31 RAWS Lino Lakes 2W -31 F 0809 AM 01/30 AWS Maple Lake AP -31 F 0556 AM 01/31 AWOS Mayer 1NE -31 F 0421 AM 01/31 MNDOT Marietta 5SSW -31 F 0300 AM 01/31 MNDOT Alexandria -31 F 0700 AM 01/30 GPSMET Lake Minnetonka 1SSE -31 F 0820 AM 01/30 AWS Chanhassen (NWS) -31 F 1200 AM 02/01 COOP Tony AP -31 F 0755 AM 01/31 AWOS West St. Paul 1N -31 F 0819 AM 01/30 AWS St. Croix Falls 2ESE -31 F 0706 AM 01/31 WIDOT Carver 3S -31 F 0749 AM 01/31 RAWS Shakopee 1NW -30 F 0748 AM 01/30 CWOP Elk River 1SSW -30 F 0502 AM 01/31 CWOP Bloomington 1WSW -30 F 1019 AM 01/30 AWS Lake St. Croix Beach -30 F 0750 AM 01/31 CWOP Canby AP -30 F 0235 AM 01/31 AWOS Faribault -30 F 0737 AM 01/31 CWOP Jordan 6E -30 F 0745 AM 01/31 CWOP Hugo 2WSW -30 F 0801 AM 01/30 CWOP Eagan 2ESE -30 F 0745 AM 01/31 CWOP Victoria 1WSW -30 F 0745 AM 01/31 CWOP Tilden 7NE -30 F 0728 AM 01/31 CWOP Eau Claire AP -30 F 1156 PM 01/31 ASOS Edina 2NE -30 F 0840 AM 01/30 AWS Elk River 2SSW -30 F 0719 AM 01/30 AWS Faribault 1SSW -30 F 0634 AM 01/31 AWS Fairmont AP -30 F 1156 PM 01/31 AWOS Knapp 3SW -30 F 0657 AM 01/30 WIDOT Clara City 2WSW -30 F 0740 AM 01/30 MNDOT Starbuck 8SSW -30 F 1205 AM 01/30 MNDOT Waseca 1SSE -30 F 0620 AM 01/31 MNDOT Cannon Falls 7SSE -30 F 0530 AM 01/31 MNDOT Madelia 3ENE -30 F 0420 AM 01/31 MNDOT Red Wing 4W -30 F 0845 AM 01/30 MNDOT Richfield 3ESE -30 F 0745 AM 01/30 MNDOT South St. Paul 1WSW -30 F 0436 AM 01/31 MNDOT Montevideo 1S -29 F 0750 AM 01/30 CWOP Colfax 7ESE -29 F 0702 AM 01/31 CWOP Hugo -29 F 0825 AM 01/31 CWOP Lemond -29 F 0403 AM 01/31 CWOP Willmar AP -29 F 0156 AM 01/31 AWOS Eau Claire 2SSW -29 F 0836 AM 01/30 CWOP Northfield 2WNW -29 F 0758 AM 01/31 CWOP Rogers 2NNE -29 F 0744 AM 01/31 CWOP Lake Minnetonka 1WSW -29 F 0606 AM 01/31 CWOP Buffalo AP -29 F 0715 AM 01/31 AWOS Inver Grove Hgts 2SW -29 F 0531 AM 01/31 CWOP Hugo 2WSW -29 F 0457 AM 01/31 CWOP Elko -29 F 0825 AM 01/30 CWOP French Lake -29 F 0416 AM 01/31 CWOP Springfield 1NW -29 F 0231 AM 01/31 CWOP 1 ENE Plymouth -29 F 0815 AM 01/30 CWOP Minnesota Lake -29 F 0332 AM 01/31 CWOP Eden Prairie AP -29 F 0753 AM 01/30 ASOS Lakeville AP -29 F 0715 AM 01/31 AWOS Crystal AP -29 F 0753 AM 01/30 ASOS Mankato AP -29 F 1156 PM 01/31 AWOS Hanley Falls -29 F 0745 AM 01/30 MNDOT New Prague 2W -29 F 0540 AM 01/31 MNDOT Maple Grove -29 F 0415 AM 01/31 MNDOT Apple Valley -29 F 0700 AM 01/31 GPSMET Montevideo AP -29 F 0756 AM 01/30 AWOS Redwood Falls AP -29 F 1153 PM 01/31 ASOS Stanley 1SSE -29 F 0757 AM 01/31 WIDOT Farmington 1SE -29 F 0700 AM 01/31 NWS North St. Paul -28 F 0834 AM 01/30 CWOP Savage -28 F 0745 AM 01/30 CWOP Prior Lake -28 F 0835 AM 01/30 CWOP Cottage Grove 1ESE -28 F 0757 AM 01/31 CWOP Prior Lake 2WSW -28 F 0800 AM 01/31 CWOP Newport 2ENE -28 F 0839 AM 01/30 CWOP Richfield 2WSW -28 F 0900 AM 01/30 CWOP Madelia -28 F 0550 AM 01/31 CWOP St. Bonifacius 4ENE -28 F 0801 AM 01/30 CWOP Anoka 2SE -28 F 0748 AM 01/31 CWOP Robbinsdale -28 F 0812 AM 01/30 CWOP Lake City 2NW -28 F 0745 AM 01/31 CWOP Willmar 2ENE -28 F 0831 AM 01/30 CWOP Oakdale 1E -28 F 0845 AM 01/30 CWOP Eagan 2ESE -28 F 0722 AM 01/30 CWOP Easton 3SSE -28 F 0730 AM 01/30 CWOP Prior Lake 1W -28 F 0757 AM 01/30 CWOP West St. Paul -28 F 0840 AM 01/30 CWOP Farmington 1ESE -28 F 0744 AM 01/30 AWS Hutchinson AP -28 F 0235 AM 01/31 AWOS Winthrop 2W -28 F 1245 AM 01/31 MNDOT St. Paul 1NNE -28 F 0745 AM 01/30 MNDOT Bloomington 2E -28 F 0814 AM 01/30 AWS Minneapolis-St. Paul AP -28 F 0753 AM 01/30 ASOS Waseca AP -27 F 0456 AM 01/31 AWOS Blaine AP -27 F 0845 AM 01/30 AWOS Skyline 2E -27 F 0428 AM 01/31 CWOP 1 NW Coon Rapids -27 F 0846 AM 01/30 CWOP Eau Claire -27 F 0818 AM 01/30 CWOP Brooklyn Park 1W -27 F 0901 AM 01/30 CWOP New Sweden 4SSW -27 F 0847 AM 01/30 CWOP Searles 5SE -27 F 0415 AM 01/31 CWOP Madison AP -27 F 0816 AM 01/30 AWOS Lakeville 1N -27 F 0815 AM 01/30 CWOP St. Louis Park 1E -27 F 0840 AM 01/30 CWOP Eau Claire 1S -27 F 0900 AM 01/30 CWOP Bloomington 3W -27 F 0746 AM 01/30 CWOP St. Louis Park 2ESE -27 F 0834 AM 01/30 AWS Wells 3ESE -27 F 0815 AM 01/30 CWOP Granite Falls AP -27 F 0815 AM 01/30 AWOS Glencoe AP -27 F 0715 AM 01/31 AWOS Litchfield AP -27 F 0436 AM 01/31 AWOS Olivia AP -27 F 0815 AM 01/30 AWOS South St. Paul AP -27 F 0756 AM 01/30 AWOS St. Paul Dwtn AP -27 F 0753 AM 01/30 ASOS New Ulm AP -27 F 0535 AM 01/31 AWOS Cottage Grove -26 F 0759 AM 01/31 CWOP