Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — Red Lake, Minnesota

2026-01-22 to 2026-01-24 · Red Lake, Minnesota

Event narrative

Based on nearby mesonet sites in surrounding counties and widespread wind chills reported region wide around Red Lake County, we can extrapolate that wind chills -40 or lower occurred during the morning hours of January 22 through the early morning hours of January 24.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1316586. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.