Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Wilkin, Minnesota

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The NDAWN station Wolverton 2E reported frequent wind chill values -40 or lower from midday January 22 through the morning on January 23.

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 1316634. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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