Excessive heat watch in effect through Sunday

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Temperatures will drop below zero Saturday night and remain below zero until early Tuesday morning. While our 60 plus hour stretch isn’t a record, it will still bring some of the coldest air we’ve seen in a long time.

Low temperatures Saturday night will drop into the teens and 20s below zero. 

Winds will lighten a bit, but still blow out of the northwest 10-20 mph. 

Put it all together and we get wind chills in the dangerous 30 to 40 below zero range. 

Cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings

The National Weather Service has issued cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings for the entire state due to the extreme wind chill temperatures. 

High temperatures on Sunday will remain below zero, with single digits and teens below zero expected.

Our arctic air mass will persist through early Tuesday morning, with temperatures staying below zero until then. By Tuesday afternoon, temperatures will climb above zero, and we’re expecting a nice warm-up back to seasonal averages in the 20s by Wednesday.

Weather and Climate News

Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Mandy Thalhuber

Author

Frigid Arctic air will envelop the region tonight, bringing temperatures below zero for a prolonged period of over 60 hours. Expect dangerously cold wind chills of 30 to 40 degrees below zero with a northwest wind. 

National Weather Service

Minnesota DNR 

Winds Saturday night through Sunday morning 

NOAA via College of DuPage Weather

Extreme cold warning and cold weather advisory

Over 60 hours of subzero temperatures starting Saturday night

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