Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Northern Itasca, Minnesota

2023-01-30 · Northern Itasca, Minnesota

Event narrative

Wind chills dropped as low as -43F at Effies for around 5 hours during the morning of the 30th.

Wider weather episode

Cold high pressure remained in place across the Northland for the night of the 29th into the 30s. Winds were much lighter this night with many areas seeing calm winds. As air temperatures dropped once again into the 20s and 30s below zero F, it didn't take much wind to generate dangerous wind chills. As the sun began to rise, winds increased enought to create wind chills in the 40s below zero F with Ash Lake reaching -47F.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1074082. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.