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Minnesota weather: Here’s how cold it got Tuesday morning

It was bitterly cold Tuesday morning in Minnesota with temperatures and wind chills hitting well below zero.

Cold Tuesday in Minnesota

By the numbers:

Despite the sunshine, Tuesday morning had bone-chilling temperatures in the teens and 20s below zero and wind chills at 25 to 40 degrees below zero. Afternoon highs will reach around 2 degrees in the Twin Cities metro, though it will feel much colder with subzero wind chills. 

Here’s how cold it got on Tuesday morning: 

Coldest wind chill on Tuesday

  • Detroit Lakes: 46 degrees below zero
  • Morris: 45 degrees below zero
  • Willmar: 44 degrees below zero
  • Bemidji: 43 degrees below zero
  • Marshall: 41 degrees below zero
  • Windom: 41 degrees below zero
  • Grand Marais: 41 degrees below zero
  • Hibbing: 41 degrees below zero
  • Owatonna: 40 degrees below zero
  • St. Cloud: 39 degrees below zero
  • International Falls: 38 degrees below zero
  • Redwood Falls: 38 degrees below zero
  • Duluth: 38 degrees below zero
  • Cambridge: 36 degrees below zero
  • Ely: 35 degrees below zero
  • Hinckley: 35 degrees below zero
  • Brainerd: 35 degrees below zero
  • Hutchinson: 35 degrees below zero
  • Mankato: 33 degrees below zero
  • MSP Airport: 31 degrees below zero
  • Rochester: 31 degrees below zero
  • Faribault: 29 degrees below zero
  • Red Wing: 29 degrees below zero

Lowest temperatures on Tuesday

(FOX 9)

  • Bemidji: minus 26 degrees
  • Wilmar: minus 26 degrees
  • Detroit Lakes: minus 24 degrees
  • Owatonna: minus 24 degrees
  • Alexandria: minus 21 degrees
  • Brainerd: minus 21 degrees
  • International Falls: minus 21 degrees
  • Hibbing: minus 21 degrees
  • Morris: minus 20 degrees
  • Marshall: minus 20 degrees
  • St. Cloud: minus 20 degrees
  • Cambridge: minus 20 degrees
  • Mankato: minus 19 degrees
  • Hutchinson: minus 19 degrees
  • Rochester: minus 19 degrees
  • Hinckley: minus 18 degrees
  • Faribault: minus 18 degrees
  • New Ulm: minus 18 degrees
  • Red wing: minus 18 degrees
  • Windom: minus 18 degrees
  • Ely: minus 17 degrees
  • Duluth: minus 17 degrees
  • MSP Airport: minus 15 degrees
  • Grand Marais: minus 7 degrees

Low temps and wind chills in Wisconsin

  • New Richmond: minus 20 degrees; wind chill of 31 degrees below zero
  • Eau Claire: minus 17 degrees; wind chill of 25 degrees below zero
  • Hayward: minus 27 degrees; wind chill of 24 degrees below zero
  • La Crosse: minus 18 degrees; wind chill of 14 degrees below zero

More cold days ahead 

What's next:

Overnight, temperatures will plummet, with lows in the teens and 20s below zero statewide. A cold weather advisory is in effect for the Twin Cities metro from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

Wednesday will bring more of the same with single digit highs in the metro. Clouds will move in for southern and northeastern Minnesota, though areas north of the metro should stay relatively bright. 

The clouds will linger into Wednesday afternoon before clearing out for a sunny Thursday. Temperatures will gradually warm throughout the week, reaching the 30s and 40s by the weekend. 

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