Minnesota, 2025Extreme Cold in Minnesota, February 18, 2025
February 18, 2025 · NWS DLH · 9 events in 9 counties and zones
A very cold airmass was located over the central CONUS the night of the 17th into the morning of the 18th. Air temperatures dropped into the teens and 20s below zero over much of the area under clear skies.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
A very cold airmass was located over the central CONUS the night of the 17th into the morning of the 18th. Air temperatures dropped into the teens and 20s below zero over much of the area under clear skies. Light winds were also observed with a pressure gradient overhead. This led to wind chills in the 30s and 40s below zero.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central St. Louis
- When
- February 18, 1:00 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)
Wind chills as low as -44F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cass
- When
- February 18, 2:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills as low as -44F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Cook / Northern Lake
- When
- February 18, 5:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cook / Northern Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.670, -90.975 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills as low as -42F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Cook
- When
- February 18, 5:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Cook forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.817, -90.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills as low as -42F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Cass
- When
- February 18, 5:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cass forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills as low as -40F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Koochiching
- When
- February 18, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Koochiching forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 48.245, -93.783 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills as low as -43F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern St. Louis
- When
- February 18, 6:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Northern St. Louis forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.590, -92.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills as low as -40F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Itasca
- When
- February 18, 6:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Itasca forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 47.510, -93.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills as low as -43F were reported in the county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern St. Louis / Carlton
- When
- February 18, 6:00 AM CST to 7:00 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)
Wind chills as low as -40F were reported in the county.
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
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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: 1227690, 1227694, 1227689, 1227691, 1227692, 1227687, 1227688, 1227693, 1227695.