Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in South Clearwater, Minnesota

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 22, 2026 – January 24, 2026 · South Clearwater, Minnesota

What the National Weather Service wrote

Mesonet station ITCM5 Lake Itasca, MN 2 SE reported a minimum wind chill of -44 during this period with periodic wind chills -40 or lower during this period.

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 1316596. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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