Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 1, 2022

Name: Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 1, 2022
Start: 2022-01-01T00:00
End: 2022-01-01T11:00
Location: Minnesota

January 1, 2022 · NWS DLH · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

Cold high pressure moved into the Northland to begin 2022. Overnight lows the morning of the 1st settled into the 20s to 30s below zero across much of northeastern Minnesota.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 15 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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 moved into the Northland to begin 2022. Overnight lows the morning of the 1st settled into the 20s to 30s below zero across much of northeastern Minnesota. Light winds through the night led to wind chills falling into the 30s and 40s below zero with a few locations dropping into the 50s below zero. Two stations recorded minimum wind chills of -52F near Cass Lake and Virginia.

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, 11:42 PM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 11:42 PM CST, 18 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

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

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Koochiching

When: January 1, 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/Wind Chill, Northern Itasca

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
Where: Northern Itasca forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 47.510, -93.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central St. Louis

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 4:00 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 Itasca

When: January 1, 12:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Southern Itasca forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 47.510, -93.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Cass

When: January 1, 1:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Northern Cass forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cass

When: January 1, 1:00 AM CST to 4:00 AM CST
Where: Southern Cass forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern St. Louis

When: January 1, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Northern St. Louis forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 47.590, -92.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cook

When: January 1, 3:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Southern Cook forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 47.817, -90.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Aitkin

When: January 1, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Southern Aitkin forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 46.608, -93.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

When: January 1, 3:00 AM CST to 9:00 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)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Lake

When: January 1, 6:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where: Southern Lake forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 47.557, -91.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Crow Wing

When: January 1, 8:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Crow Wing forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 46.482, -94.071 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Aitkin

When: January 1, 8:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Northern Aitkin forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 46.608, -93.415 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pine

When: January 1, 8:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Pine forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 46.121, -92.741 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Cook / Northern Lake

When: January 1, 9:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Northern Cook / Northern Lake forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 47.670, -90.975 (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

Every storm in Minnesota in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, January 2022

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: 1000965, 1000970, 1000976, 1000982, 1000980, 1000983, 1000966, 1000979, 1000986, 1000987, 1000977, 1000984, 1000985, 1000988, 1000969.