Cold/Wind Chill — Central St. Louis, Minnesota

2015-01-03 · Central St. Louis, Minnesota

Wider weather episode

A woman was found dead on a walking/bike trail about a quarter mile from where she was last seen walking three days earlier. Temperatures around the time of her disappearance were in the teens below zero. The official cause of death was hypothermia secondary to alcohol intoxication according to the county deputy sheriff/supervisor - Civil Process. The temperature was around 12 degrees F at the time she was last seen, then fell into the single digits below zero in the evening and then in the teens below zero overnight. The time of death is estimated.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 562372. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.