Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Koochiching
- When
- February 13, 12:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Koochiching forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 48.245, -93.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 13, 2022
Cold high pressure remained over the region for another night with lows dropping into the 30s and 40s below zero across much of northeastern Minnesota the morning of the 13th. With the high overhead winds were very light, but winds were strong enough in a few spots to produce wind chills in the 40s below zero with International Falls recording a minimum wind chill of -50F.
Where it happened
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- Floods
- Wind
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- 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
- 4
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.
Cold high pressure remained over the region for another night with lows dropping into the 30s and 40s below zero across much of northeastern Minnesota the morning of the 13th. With the high overhead winds were very light, but winds were strong enough in a few spots to produce wind chills in the 40s below zero with International Falls recording a minimum wind chill of -50F.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central St. Louis
- When
- February 13, 2:00 AM CST to 9:00 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, Northern Cass
- When
- February 13, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern St. Louis / Carlton
- When
- February 13, 8:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern St. Louis / Carlton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1006873, 1006874, 1006875, 1006876.