Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Rice, Minnesota

KFBL has missing data during this event. Nearby KSYN in Stanton reported wind gusts as high as 30mph during the evening as air temperatures dropped from -15F to -20F overnight. The lowest measured wind chill was -42F at 1AM on the 23rd.

A push of dangerously cold air spread across the Upper Midwest behind a series of strong arctic fronts from January 21 through January 23. Wind chills dropped into the -40s across much of the region, with AXN in Alexandria reporting the coldest wind chill of -50F during this stretch of extreme cold. The strongest winds did not line up with the coolest temperatures, limiting wind chills from getting any colder than -50F.

The peak of the coldest conditions occurred from the evening on the 22nd into the morning of the 23rd. Very cold air temperatures around -10 to -20 below continued until the morning of the 26th, though winds were generally at or below 10 mph, limiting wind chills from dropping below -35F.

The lowest wind chills were:

-50F at AXN in Alexandria, MN.

-49F at STC in St Cloud, MN.

-49F at OWA in Owatonna, MN.

-49F at GHW in Glenwood, MN.

-47F at MSP in the Twin Cities, MN.

-47F at BDH in Willmar, MN.

-47F at CFE in Buffalo, MN.