A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >
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
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