Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Chisago, Minnesota
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 20, 2025 – January 21, 2025 · Chisago, Minnesota
What the National Weather Service wrote
The AWOS located at the Rush City Regional Airport recorded several hours of extreme wind chills with a minimum recording of -36 degrees.
The wider storm
A series of cold fronts brought a frigid Canadian air mass and breezy northwest winds during January 17-21. This resulted in the coldest air for the region in nearly 4 years with temperatures from January 19-21 into the -10s to -30s F, and wind chill temperatures between -30 and -50 F.
The coldest wind chill temperatures favored west-central Minnesota. Long Prairie Municipal registered the coldest wind chill with -47F at 2355 on January 20, while Morris, Glenwood Municipal, and Alexandria Regional Airports all observed -46F during the afternoon on January 20.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1226620. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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