Cold/Wind Chill, Kittson
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Kittson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.777, -96.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Minnesota, January 13 to 15, 2005
Eastern North Dakota and portions of the northwest quarter of Minnesota ended up in a steady surface pressure gradient between high pressure just to the south and low pressure to the northeast. This produced wind speeds from 10 to 20 mph in combination with very cold temperatures.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 24 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
Eastern North Dakota and portions of the northwest quarter of Minnesota ended up in a steady surface pressure gradient between high pressure just to the south and low pressure to the northeast. This produced wind speeds from 10 to 20 mph in combination with very cold temperatures. Daytime highs generally stayed from -5F to -15F while lows ranged from -20F to -35F. Wind chill temperatures ranged from -40F to -60F, which are wind chills for warning criteria. The cold temperatures were good news for vehicle service stations, which provided jumps, tows, and new batteries.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 13, 5:14 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 5:14 AM CST, 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 514 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005 .DISCUSSION.... WILL UPDATE WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO WIND CHILL WARNING AND WIND CHILL ADVISORY RESPECTIVELY. .LONG TERM... NO CHANGES. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...WIND CHILL WARNING ALL COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MN...WIND CHILL WARNING ALONG AND WEST OF A ROX-FSE-DTL-ELBOW LAKE LINE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILL ADVISORY THROUGH MIDNIGHT POINTS EAST. && HOPPES
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
24 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Roseau
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Roseau forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.775, -95.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, West Marshall
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- West Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.358, -96.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, East Marshall
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- East Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.358, -96.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, West Polk
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- West Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, East Polk
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- East Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pennington
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.066, -96.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Red Lake
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Red Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.872, -96.095 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Norman
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Norman forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.327, -96.455 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mahnomen
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Mahnomen forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.325, -95.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Clay
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.892, -96.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, West Becker
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- West Becker forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.935, -95.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wilkin
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.357, -96.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, West Otter Tail
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- West Otter Tail forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.409, -95.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Grant
- When
- January 13, 5:35 AM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.934, -96.012 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lake of the Woods
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Lake of the Woods forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 48.771, -94.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, North Beltrami
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- North Beltrami forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.974, -94.938 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, South Beltrami
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- South Beltrami forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.974, -94.938 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, North Clearwater
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- North Clearwater forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, South Clearwater
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- South Clearwater forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Hubbard
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Hubbard forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 47.109, -94.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, East Becker
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- East Becker forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.935, -95.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, East Otter Tail
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- East Otter Tail forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.409, -95.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wadena
- When
- January 13, 2:40 PM CST to January 15, 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Wadena forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.586, -94.969 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Georgia, January 13, 2005
- Tornado in South Carolina, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, January 13 to 14, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, January 13, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 13, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, January 13, 2005
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, January 2005
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5436016, 5436017, 5436018, 5436019, 5436020, 5436021, 5436022, 5436023, 5436024, 5436025, 5436103, 5436104, 5436105, 5436106, 5436107, 5436108, 5436109, 5436110, 5436111, 5436112, 5436113, 5436114, 5436115, 5436116.