This month is usually the grayest in Minnesota, with lots of cloudy days. Temperatures also drop quickly; for example, in Minneapolis, the average high is 50°F at the start of the month but falls to 35°F by the end, will that pattern continue this year?
While we haven't had a typical winter this year in Minnesota, exporting 'winter'-- or a part of it, anyway-- used to be a big business in the North Star State.
We may have been shivering our way through frigid sub-zero temperatures lately, but just how close are we to the coldest temperature ever recorded in Minnesota?