Minnesota, 2014

Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 1, 2014

January 1, 2014 · NWS DLH · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Dangerously cold wind chills of -35 to -45 degrees developed over parts of northeast Minnesota early on January 1st.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 DLH wrote it up.

Dangerously cold wind chills of -35 to -45 degrees developed over parts of northeast Minnesota early on January 1st.

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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 11:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 11:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

5 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Cook / Northern Lake

When
January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where
Northern Cook / Northern Lake forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
47.670, -90.975 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central St. Louis

When
January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where
Central St. Louis forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
47.590, -92.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cook

When
January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where
Southern Cook forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
47.817, -90.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Lake

When
January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where
Southern Lake forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
47.557, -91.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern St. Louis / Carlton

When
January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where
Southern St. Louis / Carlton forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
47.091, -92.569 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 512492, 512493, 512494, 512495, 512496.