Here Are the 10 Coldest Temps in Minnesota History

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Minnesota is just the seventh coldest temp  ever in the U.S.

That record belongs to Prospect Creek, Alaska where it hit -80 on January 20, 1971. Here are the ten coldest temps ever recorded in Minnesota history.

The coldest temp ever recorded in the lower 48 is -70˚ on January 20, 1970 at Rogers Pass, Montana.

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Minnesota's Coldest Temps Ever Recorded

• #10 - Roseau (February 2, 1996):  -52
• #9 - Mora (December 18, 1983):  -52
• #8 - Itasca (February 2, 1996):  -52
• #7 - Baudette (February 19, 1966):  -52
• #6 - Pine River Dam (February 12, 1912):  -53
• #5 - Moose Lake (January 15, 1972):  -53
• #4 - Fosston (February 1, 1996):  -53
• #3 - Brainerd (February 2, 1996):  -54
• #2 - Embarrass (January 20, 1996):  -57
• #1 - Tower (February 2, 1996):  -60

Those temps above don't even take any wind into account. I mean, imagine what a ten mile per hour breeze would do with an air temperature of -50. In case you're actually wondering, that could create a wind chill of nearly eighty below!