Extreme cold affected portions of NW MN.
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The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
Extreme cold affected portions of NW MN.
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 Feb 10, 5:20 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
AWOS reported a wind chill of negative 45 degrees.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 45 degrees.
Wind chill reported of negative 45 degrees from the mesonet.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 44 degrees 4 miles west of Fergus Falls.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 40 degrees.
Mesonet near Hendrum measured a wind chill of negative 47 degrees.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 40 degrees.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 41 degrees.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 43 degrees.
Measured wind chill of negative 48 degrees near Sabin, MN.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 43 degrees.
ASOS station reported a wind chill of negative 43 degrees.
Mesonet reported a wind chill of 43 degrees.
Mesonet measured a wind chill of 42 degrees at the Ulen NDAWN.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, February 2025
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1239284, 1239286, 1239289, 1239295, 1239319, 1239282, 1239318, 1239317, 1239302, 1239279, 1239301, 1239309, 1239313, 1240515.