Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Pennington, Minnesota

2023-01-29 · Pennington, Minnesota

Event narrative

Mavie 3 WSW NDAWN station reported wind chills below -40F for multiple hours, with the lowest being -43F.

Wider weather episode

For a period of 2 days, dangerously cold wind chills affected NW Minnesota. Wind Chills got as low as -55F during this period. This event was caused by an arctic air mass that settled into the region after a system on the 27th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1077936. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.