Minnesota Weather

[dmiller]

54 below zero here last night.

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U.S. National - AP

Minnesota Town Hits 54 Below Zero

By The Associated Press

Temperatures plummeted across the eastern half of the nation Monday, approaching an all-time record in northern Minnesota and freezing the Gulf Coast as a river of Arctic air pushed southward.

Thermometers registered a low of 54 degrees below zero at Embarrass, Minn.

"You keep living, but it gets old after a while," said Christine Mackai, the town clerk for the community of 691 people in northeast Minnesota.

Minnesota's record is 60 below, set on Feb. 2, 1996, in Tower, about 10 miles north of Embarrass.

The cold at Embarrass didn't stop the regular customers from getting their morning coffee at Four Corners, a cafe and gas station.

"Everybody left their cars running," waitress Trish Roggenbuck said. "It was pretty much breathtaking when you walked outside."

While below-zero readings stayed in the upper Midwest, thermometers dropped below the freezing mark all the way to the Gulf of Mexico coast.

The morning low was 28, with wind chills in the upper teens, at Mobile, Ala., Gulfport-Biloxi, Miss., and Pensacola, Fla. A hard freeze warning was in effect overnight into Tuesday morning for parts of Mississippi, the weather service said.

Mackai said Embarrass had been prepared for bitter cold as early as last Thursday. "It only got down to 28 below, and that's nothing. That's no big deal," she said.

Elsewhere in northern Minnesota on Monday, Babbitt chilled to 51 below, and International Falls — which calls itself the Nation's Icebox — dropped to 44 below, the national Weather Service said. Farther south, Minneapolis-St. Paul bottomed out at a mere 11 below.

The arctic blast followed several days of subzero temperatures. Weather service meteorologist Greg Frosig in Duluth said Monday's high would still be below zero in northern Minnesota.

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We had minus 28 here in Duluth last night. :(-->

[Zshot]

A high of 69 degrees here in Southern Arizona... bbbbrrrrrrr ;)--> :D-->

I love Arizona in the winter time :D-->

[Steve!]

They said it got down to +3 degrees here in the Chicago area last night, but to me it felt like no more than +2 degrees.

[dmiller]

Z-shot --- I think I hate you!!

:D--> :D--> :P--> :D--> :D-->

[dmiller]

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They said it got down to +3 degrees here in the Chicago area last night, but to me it felt like no more than +2 degrees.

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Steve! -- a *dry* cold, eh? ;)-->

[suz]

not to worry David, I am gonna Kick Z's foot when I see him in April....

Chicago this week, eww, not as bad as you BUTTTTTTTTT.

Didn't want to leave till it was warm today...4.5 degrees at 2pm,

colder tonight, hopefully I won't have to leave AT ALL tomorrow.

buuurrrrr, only 6 more weeks of this lovely stuff.

suz

[reikilady]

A heat wave for us right now is when the wind isn't blowing and it's above 0 degrees. I love those days! Stay warm Dave!!!

I wear gloves and a fleece pullover jacket under my coat. Then I wear something over my ears and a stocking cap. Then I wear something over my neck that I can pull up over my mouth and nose. I work out of a place that is so COLD I have to wear a few layers to survive.

Take care and I always look forward to WARM..not hot...WARM!!!

[herbiejuan]

That's gotta be cold

[Tom Strange]

man! it's been cold here as well! the high today was only in the 40's!

[markomalley]

You know, David, I knew there was a reason I didn't return to MN upon my retirement from the Air Force. Thank you for reminding me of that reason.

[Radar OReilly]

Mark,

check your private topics please.

ror

[johniam]

I guess I better not whine about having to clean windows in 10 degrees today, huh?

[mstar1]

When in needclick

[Pirate1974]

My parents were both raised in Iowa and came south the first chance they got, almost 50 years ago, and never considered going back. Every winter they like to check the temperature in Des Moines to remind them of why they left.

Its cold here today, in the 30s, but it was in the upper 70s last week.

[OnionEater]

I thought it was cold here in Maine at -12 and dropping.