Minnesota, 2026Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 22 to 23, 2026
January 22 to 23, 2026 · NWS ARX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
During the late evening hours on January 22nd and morning on January 23rd, an arctic airmass moved into the Upper Midwest resulting in dangerously cold temperatures across the region. Many locations saw low temperatures colder than 20 degrees below zero with widespread wind chills ranging between 30 to 55 degrees below zero across southeast Minnesota.
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- Deaths
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- None recorded
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- None recorded
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- 7
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.
During the late evening hours on January 22nd and morning on January 23rd, an arctic airmass moved into the Upper Midwest resulting in dangerously cold temperatures across the region. Many locations saw low temperatures colder than 20 degrees below zero with widespread wind chills ranging between 30 to 55 degrees below zero across southeast Minnesota.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Dodge
- When
- January 22, 9:00 PM CST to January 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A period of extreme cold moved into the region late on January 22nd and continued into the morning hours on January 23rd. In Dodge County, dangerously cold wind chills of around 40 to 55 degrees below zero were observed during this period with a coldest observed wind chill in the county of 52 degrees below zero in Byron.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Fillmore
- When
- January 22, 9:00 PM CST to January 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A period of extreme cold moved into the region late on January 22nd and continued into the morning hours on January 23rd. In Fillmore County, dangerously cold wind chills of around 40 to 50 degrees below zero were observed during this period with a coldest observed wind chill in the county of 50 degrees below zero at Preston Airport.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Mower
- When
- January 22, 9:00 PM CST to January 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mower forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A period of extreme cold moved into the region late on January 22nd and continued into the morning hours on January 23rd. In Mower County, dangerously cold wind chills of around 40 to 55 degrees below zero were observed during this period with a coldest observed wind chill in the county of 53 degrees below zero in Dexter.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Olmsted
- When
- January 22, 9:00 PM CST to January 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A period of extreme cold moved into the region late on January 22nd and continued into the morning hours on January 23rd. In Olmsted County, dangerously cold wind chills of around 40 to 50 degrees below zero were observed during this period with a coldest observed wind chill in the county of 50 degrees below zero at Rochester International Airport.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Wabasha
- When
- January 22, 9:00 PM CST to January 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wabasha forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 44.284, -92.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A period of extreme cold moved into the region late on January 22nd and continued into the morning hours on January 23rd. In Wabasha County, dangerously cold wind chills of around 40 to 50 degrees below zero were observed during this period with a coldest observed wind chill in the county of 50 degrees below zero at Lake City.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Winona
- When
- January 22, 9:00 PM CST to January 23, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Winona forecast zone
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A period of extreme cold moved into the region late on January 22nd and continued into the morning hours on January 23rd. In Winona County, dangerously cold wind chills of around 40 to 55 degrees below zero were observed during this period with a coldest observed wind chill in the county of 53 degrees below zero at Ridgeway.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Houston
- When
- January 23, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Houston forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 43.671, -91.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A period of extreme cold moved into the region late on January 22nd and continued into the morning hours on January 23rd. In Houston County, dangerously cold wind chills of around 30 to 40 degrees below zero were observed during this period with a coldest observed wind chill in the county of 41 degrees below zero in Spring Grove.
- 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: 1313544, 1313570, 1313576, 1313577, 1313578, 1313579, 1313573.