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Photos: A day in the depths of winter in frigid Embarrass, Minn.

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Rowland Fowler, the weather spotter for the National Weather Service in Embarrass, Minn. talks about his equipment Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 at his home in Embarrass.
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Plowing the city lot in Babbitt
Babbitt city works employee Tony Chamberlin plows the parking lot outside the mayor's office early in the morning on Monday, Jan. 6, 2013.
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Rowland Fowler, the weather spotter for the National Weather Service in Embarrass, Minn. talks about his equipment Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 at his home in Embarrass.
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22 below at noon.
At 12:38 p.m., the temperature on Rowland Fowler's temperature gauge read 22 below zero.
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