A weather station in the Boundary Waters east of Ely saw temperatures plummet to 50 below zero on Saturday morning — that's the air temperature, not counting the wind.
The 50-below low was recorded at a station off the Fernberg Road about 25 miles east of Ely.
If verified, it would be a new daily record low for Minnesota for Feb. 13, shattering the previous record for Feb. 13 of 42 below zero, set back in 1916 near Grand Rapids.
The overall state record low temperature in Minnesota remains 60 below zero, set near Tower on Feb. 2, 1996 — just over 25 years ago
Other locations in northern Minnesota saw low temperatures in the 40s below zero on Saturday, on what was the coldest morning yet of the prolonged deep freeze.
Southern Minnesota saw overcast skies and some light snow, which kept conditions somewhat warmer than they would have been with clear skies.
Low-temperature reports on Saturday morning around Minnesota included:
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48 below zero - Norris Camp (Lake of the Woods County)
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46 below zero - Babbitt
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45 below zero - Effie
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44 below zero - Bigfork, Kabetogama, Ash Lake
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43 below zero - Celina
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42 below zero - Embarrass, Tower
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41 below zero - International Falls, Cass Lake, Cotton, Floodwood, Skibo
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40 below zero - Crane Lake, Sea Gull Lake, Margie
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39 below zero - Baudette, Littlefork, Winton, Birchdale
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38 below zero - Park Rapids, Hibbing, Ely, Cook, Orr, Twig
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37 below zero - Bemidji, Hill City, Eveleth, Emily, Saginaw, Wright
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36 below zero - Walker, Cloquet, Longville, Moose Lake, Beaver Bay, Fosston, Waskish
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33 below zero - Brainerd, Grand Rapids, Pine River, Wadena, Detroit Lakes
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31 below zero - Duluth airport, Hinckley, McGregor
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30 below zero - Thief River Falls
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27 below zero - Staples, Hallock
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26 below zero - Mora, Long Prairie, Fergus Falls, Crookston
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23 below zero - Alexandria
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20 below zero - Cambridge
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19 below zero - St. Cloud
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18 below zero - Benson
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13 below zero - Redwood Falls
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11 below zero - Lakeville, Litchfield, Faribault, Hastings
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9 below zero - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Mankato, Fairmont, Albert Lea, Willmar, Red Wing, Montevideo, Rochester
Winds were light across northern Minnesota on Saturday morning, minimizing wind chills. But the Cloquet airport recorded a wind chill of 55 below zero. The Duluth and Hibbing airports each recorded a wind chill of 48 below.
Wind chill advisories and warnings remain in effect across Minnesota this weekend — but there’s a warmup in the forecast for next week. Read more on the forecast in the Updraft blog.
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