It looks like the official high in Minneapolis will be -6F today. That makes today the coldest high temperature since the -13F on 1/30/2019. That day featured a low of -28F which is the coldest it’s gotten here since I moved to Minneapolis in 2016.
Temps stuck at -8 all day. We’ve had ice crystal squalls move through and deposit dustings at time. Haven’t experienced something quite like this before at these temperatures.
There might have been a 5min obs of -6 but we’ll see what the official high is at 6pm.
Sitting at -13F this morning in Minneapolis. Our coldest low of the season.
These aren’t final numbers but from what I can find currently
-20F Duluth, -22F Bemidji, -24F International Falls, -26F Ely
5.5” from a juiced Clipper on December 19th. Pennies outside of that. Can’t get a system to come our way this winter. Only have to go to hour 330 on the GFS for substantial precipitation in my region.
All of us here know it’s coming too.
Although snowfall has been paltry this winter locally there has been plenty of seasonable cold. The twin cities have held a 1-2” snow depth since last Thursday.
MSP managed to drop to -1F before midnight so we recorded an official low below zero yesterday. It’s down to -3F this morning for our 3rd and 4th below zero lows of January.
0.6” reported at 6am, with some light snow since. We had a long stretch of freezing drizzle overnight.
Temps are beginning to crash after holding steady around 26-27F overnight. Today will be the classic midnight high.
Clipper #2 has brought a fresh dusting of pixie dust so far. Areas a couple counties north of me are going to do well but we should manage ~1” to boost the meager snowpack. Gradient of 2-3” down to 0.5” from north to south across Hennepin County according to the HRRR.