A strong Alberta Clipper dropped a swath of one to four inches of snow across central and southern Minnesota on Monday, January 12. The highest total found was 6.8 inches at Red Wing. The Twin Cities International Airport reported 4.7 inches of snow. which makes this storm the largest snow event of the 2008-09 winter season so far at the Twin Cities Airport.
After the snow was over very frigid air swooped into the state and brought the lowest temperature readings so far this season. The -18 reported at the Twin Cities International Airport on January 13 was the coldest minimum since January 30, 2004 when the mercury plummeted to -24. Extreme cold temperatures have been fairly rare in recent years in the Twin Cities with January 13th being only the second time in the 2000's that there has been a low of -18 or colder.
International Falls set a record low of -40, breaking the old record of -36 that was set in 1979. The coldest air temperature minimum found in the state was Embarrass with -44.
Below are Public Information Statements on the storm from the National Weather Service.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
959 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009
...MINIMUM WIND CHILLS DURING MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY
MORNING...
AN ARCTIC AIR MASS FLOODED INTO THE REGION ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY AFTER THE PASSAGE OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM. THE BELOW
LISTS ARE OF THE TOP FIVE LOWEST WIND CHILLS OBSERVED FOLLOWED BY
ALL THE SITE-SPECIFIC LOWEST WIND CHILLS. THESE WERE COMPILED FROM
TOP OF THE HOUR OBSERVATIONS AT AUTOMATED STATIONS AND LOWER WIND
CHILLS MAY HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BETWEEN THESE READINGS.
LOWEST WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE AREA
RANK SITE WIND CHILL TIME
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1. GLENWOOD MN -46 5 AM
2. MORRIS MN -45 5 AM
3. ALEXANDRIA MN -43 5 AM
3T. ST CLOUD MN -43 6 AM
5. BENSON MN -42 6 AM
5T. PRINCETON MN -42 7 AM
LOWEST WIND CHILLS OBSERVED BY SITE
SITE WIND CHILL TIME
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ALBERT LEA MN -40 6 AM
ALEXANDRIA MN -43 5 AM
APPLETON MN -39 6 AM
BENSON MN -42 6 AM
BLAINE MN -36 7 AM
BUFFALO MN -33 6 AM
CANBY MN -35 5 AM
EAU CLAIRE WI -28 8 AM
EDEN PRAIRIE MN -34 7 AM
FAIRMONT MN -38 5 AM
FARIBAULT MN -34 5 AM
GLENCOE MN -39 7 AM
GLENWOOD MN -46 5 AM
GRANITE FALLS MN -38 4 AM
LADYSMITH WI -29 7 AM
LAKEVILLE MN -40 7 AM
LITCHFIELD MN -39 7 AM
LITTLE FALLS MN -31 2 AM
LONG PRAIRIE MN -38 2 AM
MADISON MN -37 5 AM
MANKATO MN -35 4 AM
MENOMONIE WI -28 9 AM
MINNEAPOLIS MN -33 8 AM
MONTEVIDEO MN -34 3 AM
MORA MN -29 2 AM
MORRIS MN -45 5 AM
NEW RICHMOND WI -29 8 AM
NEW ULM MN -35 12 AM
OLIVIA MN -38 7 AM
OSCEOLA WI -33 8 AM
OWATONNA MN -37 5 AM
PAYNESVILLE MN -36 2 AM
PRINCETON MN -42 7 AM
RED WING MN -31 7 AM
REDWOOD FALLS MN -34 5 AM
RICE LAKE WI -30 5 AM
ST CLOUD MN -43 6 AM
ST JAMES MN -34 5 AM
ST PAUL MN -35 8 AM
STAPLES MN -36 10 PM
TRACY MN -35 2 AM
WASECA MN -35 4 AM
WILLMAR MN -39 4 AM
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0840 AM CST TUE 13 JAN 2009
MORNING TEMPERATURES AROUND THE NORTHLAND FOR JANUARY 13 2009.
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
CITY TMP
BAUDETTE -36
FLAG ISLAND -35
INTL FALLS -40
WASKISH -35
BIG FORK -38
LONGVILLE -33
GRAND RAPIDS -26
CRANE LAKE -36
ORR -33
ORR 3E -37
COOK -36
BABBITT -42
EMBARRASS -44
KABETOGAMA -35
NORTHOME -36
DULUTH NWS -26
DULUTH HARBOR -18
DULUTH AIRPORT -23
FLOODWOOD -36
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
HAYWARD -28
ASHLAND -17
MADELINE ISLAND -15
GORDON RGR. STN. -25
UPSON -13
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET THIS MORNING AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS
-40 TODAY...COMPARED TO 1979 MOST RECENTLY WHEN IT WAS -36.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
751 AM CST TUE JAN 13 2009
...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM MONDAY JANUARY 12TH...
A STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER PRODUCED SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN DURING
MONDAY JANUARY 12TH.
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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6.80 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0811 PM
6.50 5 S FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0712 PM
6.00 FARMINGTON MN DAKOTA 0409 PM
5.80 DURAND WI PEPIN 0826 PM
5.80 LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 0851 PM
5.50 NEW MARKET MN SCOTT 0744 PM
5.30 CHASKA MN CARVER 0400 PM
4.70 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0600 PM
4.50 2 SW PRINSBURG MN KANDIYOHI 0241 PM
4.50 ANDOVER MN ANOKA 0438 PM
4.30 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0600 PM
4.30 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0641 PM
4.10 WACONIA MN CARVER 0300 PM
4.10 ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0450 PM
4.00 HUTCHINSON MN MCLEOD 0141 PM
4.00 1 WSW MADISON MN LAC QUI PARLE 0215 PM
4.00 3 NE FARIBAULT MN RICE 0241 PM
4.00 FARIBAULT MN RICE 0331 PM
4.00 PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0357 PM
4.00 PRESCOTT WI PIERCE 0442 PM
4.00 RICHFIELD MN HENNEPIN 0443 PM
4.00 GLENCOE MN MCLEOD 0516 PM
3.80 4 N BURNSVILLE MN HENNEPIN 0338 PM
3.80 NEW HOPE MN HENNEPIN 0444 PM
3.70 CREDIT RIVER MN SCOTT 0241 PM
3.70 WEST ST PAUL MN DAKOTA 0427 PM
3.60 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0313 PM
3.50 BELGRADE MN STEARNS 0139 PM
3.50 MURDOCK MN SWIFT 0400 PM
3.30 WOODBURY MN WASHINGTON 0505 PM
3.20 ALBERT LEA MN FREEBORN 0949 PM
3.20 ANOKA MN ANOKA 0346 PM
3.20 FRIDLEY MN ANOKA 0500 PM
3.20 MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0839 PM
3.10 EAU CLAIRE WI EAU CLAIRE 0931 PM
3.00 GLENCOE MN MCLEOD 1241 PM
3.00 ZUMBROTA MN GOODHUE 1253 PM
3.00 MANKATO MN BLUE EARTH 0136 PM
3.00 ST JAMES MN WATONWAN 0216 PM
3.00 LITCHFIELD MN MEEKER 0241 PM
3.00 2 N MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0555 PM
3.00 ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0850 PM
MEASURED AT COMO PARK
2.80 NORTH ST PAUL MN RAMSEY 0612 PM
2.50 WASECA MN WASECA 0430 PM
2.30 2 ENE MINNESOTA LAKE MN BLUE EARTH 0641 PM
2.00 WINTHROP MN SIBLEY 0558 PM
1.80 SAUK RAPIDS MN BENTON 0242 PM
1.80 CONNORSVILLE WI DUNN 0807 PM
1.60 JIM FALLS WI CHIPPEWA 0923 PM
1.50 1 NNW ST FRANCIS MN ANOKA 0259 PM
1.50 5 NE FOREST LAKE MN CHISAGO 0640 PM
1.00 LITTLE FALLS MN MORRISON 0113 PM
1.00 2 SW CHISAGO CITY MN CHISAGO 0216 PM
0.80 7 S HILLMAN MN MORRISON 0900 PM
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