Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in East Becker, Minnesota

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 22, 2026 – January 23, 2026 · East Becker, Minnesota

What the National Weather Service wrote

The mesonet station MN138 Osage, MN DOT reported frequent wind chills -40 or lower with a minimum wind chill of -55.

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 1316615. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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