Extreme Cold/Wind Chill — East Marshall, Minnesota

2026-01-25 to 2026-01-26 · East Marshall, Minnesota

Event narrative

Based on nearby mesonet sites in surrounding counties and zones and widespread wind chills reported region wide around Red Lake County, we can extrapolate that wind chills -40 or lower parodically occurred during the morning hours of January 25 through the early morning hours of January 26.

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 1316593. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.