Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in West Polk, Minnesota

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 25, 2026 · West Polk, Minnesota

What the National Weather Service wrote

The KCKN AWOS at Crookston, MN frequently reported wind chills -40 or lower on the morning of January 25. The lowest wind chill value during this period at that site was -49.

The wider storm

Arctic air settled into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest resulting in a prologued period of extreme cold and wind chills across northwest and west central Minnesota.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1316566. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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