Unseasonably cold temperatures were observed Friday morning, November 10, 2017. Arctic air poured into the region over an early season snowpack with clear skies overhead. This combination allowed for efficient radiational cooling overnight. Record low temperatures were set at Duluth, International Falls, and Hibbing. Below are the record statements and a summary of observed overnight lows.
Areas in northern Minnesota noted the coldest temperatures. Locales in central Minnesota weren't as cool due in part to a thinner snowpack and light southeast winds overnight. Northwest Wisconsin was downright mild by comparison due to warmer air moving inland from Lake Superior.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
0842 AM CST FRI NOV 10 2017
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DULUTH MN...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -5 DEGREES WAS SET AT DULUTH MN THIS
MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1 SET IN 1986.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
842 AM CST FRI NOV 10 2017
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -14 DEGREES WAS SET AT INTERNATIONAL
FALLS MN TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF -6 DEGREES SET IN
1986.
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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
842 AM CST FRI NOV 10 2017
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT HIBBING MN...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF -12 DEGREES WAS SET AT HIBBING MN
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0 DEGREES SET IN 1979.
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Duluth MN
950 AM CST Fri Nov 10 2017
...24 Hour Low Temperature Reports...
Location Temp Time/Date Provider
Togo -17 F 0700 AM 11/10 UCOOP
7 E Effie -17 F 0545 AM 11/10 MNDOT
2 NNE Bigfork -16 F 0607 AM 11/10 RAWS
Embarrass -16 F 0810 AM 11/10 COOP
3E Orr -16 F 0600 AM 11/10 COOP
1 E Birchdale -16 F 0510 AM 11/10 MNDOT
5 NW Ash Lake -15 F 0720 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Bigfork -15 F 0712 AM 11/10 AWOS
International Falls -14 F 0646 AM 11/10 ASOS
5 E Seagull Lake -13 F 0704 AM 11/10 RAWS
Cook -13 F 0636 AM 11/10 AWOS
3 SE Cotton -13 F 0600 AM 11/10 COOP
Babbit -12 F 0648 AM 11/10 COOP
Littlefork -12 F 0430 AM 11/10 HADS
Skibo RAWS -12 F 0622 AM 11/10 RAWS
Chisholm-Hibbing Airport -12 F 0653 AM 11/10 ASOS
3 ENE Margie -12 F 0414 AM 11/10 MNDOT
1 W Isabella -11 F 0604 AM 11/10 RAWS
Orr -11 F 0553 AM 11/10 AWOS
6 NNW Ash Lake -11 F 0400 AM 11/10 GPSMET
Kabetogama General Store -11 F 0700 AM 11/10 COOP
5 E Hibbing -11 F 0707 AM 11/10 RAWS
Crane Lake Airport -11 F 0750 AM 11/10 AWOS
Eveleth-Virginia Airport -10 F 0714 AM 11/10 AWOS
3 SW Orr -10 F 0208 AM 11/10 RAWS
Robinson -10 F 0720 AM 11/10 MNDOT
1 SSE Squaw Lake -10 F 0320 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Grand Marais Airport -9 F 0453 AM 11/10 AWOS
5 S Ely -9 F 0704 AM 11/10 RAWS
Ely Airport -9 F 0713 AM 11/10 AWOS
1 E Birchdale -9 F 0500 AM 11/10 GPSMET
3 WSW Inger -9 F 0504 AM 11/10 RAWS
1 W Kabetogama -9 F 0531 AM 11/10 RAWS
Northome -9 F 0700 AM 11/10 CWOP
Cass Lake DNR -8 F 0301 AM 11/10 RAWS
2 S Chisholm -8 F 0440 AM 11/10 MNDOT
S. Fork Kawishiwi River -8 F 0700 AM 11/10 GOES
2 NNW Cotton -8 F 0720 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Sturgeon Lake -7 F 0715 AM 11/10 AWS
Grand Rapids Airport -7 F 0256 AM 11/10 AWOS
3 WNW Twig -7 F 0621 AM 11/10 MNDOT
7 WNW Minong -7 F 0703 AM 11/10 RAWS
Aurora -7 F 0619 AM 11/10 CWOP
3 E Wright -7 F 0600 AM 11/10 COOP
Makinen -7 F 0736 AM 11/10 CWOP
Pine River Airport -6 F 0432 AM 11/10 AWOS
Cloquet Airport -6 F 0735 AM 11/10 AWOS
5 WNW Scotts Corner -6 F 0641 AM 11/10 MNDOT
2 SW Moose Lake -6 F 0608 AM 11/10 RAWS
4 S Emily -6 F 0436 AM 11/10 MNDOT
2 WNW Palmers -6 F 1149 PM 11/09 AWS
Moose Lake Airport -6 F 0616 AM 11/10 AWOS
Silver Bay -6 F 0734 AM 11/10 AWOS
1 S Hill City -5 F 0507 AM 11/10 RAWS
3 NNE Hermantown -5 F 0615 AM 11/10 CWOP
3 SE Makinen -5 F 0741 AM 11/10 CWOP
1 SW Saginaw -5 F 0608 AM 11/10 RAWS
1 SSW Jacobson -5 F 0606 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Duluth Airport -5 F 0555 AM 11/10 ASOS
2 WNW Duluth -5 F 0545 AM 11/10 MNDOT
25 E Ely -5 F 0800 AM 11/10 COOP
Hayward RAWS -4 F 0703 AM 11/10 RAWS
6 ESE Cloverdale -4 F 0615 AM 11/10 RAWS
Longville Airport -4 F 0436 AM 11/10 AWOS
Walker Airport -4 F 0215 AM 11/10 AWOS
11 SSE Brule -4 F 0706 AM 11/10 RAWS
Wolf Ridge -4 F 0700 AM 11/10 COOP
1 E Taft -4 F 0500 AM 11/10 CWOP
3 WNW Askov -4 F 0639 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Dads Corner -4 F 0620 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Gordon -4 F 0800 AM 11/10 COOP
3 NE Randall -4 F 0506 AM 11/10 RAWS
16 E Buyck -3 F 0704 AM 11/10 RAWS
4 W Grand Portage -3 F 0644 AM 11/10 RAWS
Duluth NWS -3 F 0600 AM 11/10 NWS
2 N Sawyer -3 F 0721 AM 11/10 CWOP
1 ESE Esko -3 F 0745 AM 11/10 CWOP
Side Lake -2 F 0500 AM 11/10 HADS
6 ENE Patzau -2 F 0631 AM 11/10 CWOP
5 SE Duxbury -2 F 0725 AM 11/10 AWS
Aitkin Airport -2 F 0435 AM 11/10 AWOS
Federal Dam 3 WNW -2 F 0200 AM 11/10 COOP
Scanlon -2 F 0700 AM 11/10 GOES
Fernberg RAWS -2 F 0713 AM 11/10 RAWS
Rice Lake N.W.R. -2 F 0352 AM 11/10 RAWS
Cook -2 F 0600 AM 11/10 COOP
Siren -2 F 0715 AM 11/10 AWOS
2 W Woodrow -1 F 0406 AM 11/10 RAWS
2 SW Proctor -1 F 0420 AM 11/10 MNDOT
4 SSE South Range -1 F 0732 AM 11/10 CWOP
Phillips -1 F 0715 AM 11/10 AWOS
9 ENE Deer River -1 F 0512 AM 11/10 CWOP
2 W Schley -1 F 0135 AM 11/10 MNDOT
6 W Sandstone -1 F 0610 AM 11/10 GOES
Grand Portage 0 F 0351 AM 11/10 CWOP
1 WSW Virginia 0 F 0700 AM 11/10 MNDOT
2 NNE Siren 0 F 0100 AM 11/10 GPSMET
2 W Mission 0 F 0507 AM 11/10 CWOP
Grand Portage RWIS 0 F 0345 AM 11/10 MNDOT
3 E Namekagon 0 F 0702 AM 11/10 RAWS
McGregor Airport 0 F 0535 AM 11/10 AWOS
Hinckley Airport 1 F 0715 AM 11/10 AWOS
Hayward Airport 1 F 0653 AM 11/10 ASOS
2 ENE Oliver 1 F 0630 AM 11/10 HADS
Brainerd Airport 1 F 0553 AM 11/10 ASOS
2 NE Jenkins 1 F 1253 AM 11/10 CWOP
10 WSW Fifield 1 F 0801 AM 11/10 CWOP
1 WSW Saginaw 1 F 1001 PM 11/09 CWOP
Superior Airport 1 F 0615 AM 11/10 AWOS
Two Harbors 1 F 0555 AM 11/10 AWOS
14 W Isabella 2 F 0900 AM 11/10 COOP
4 NE Grand Portage 2 F 0700 AM 11/10 COOP
4 NW Winter 2 F 0735 AM 11/10 CWOP
Bruno 4s 2 F 0800 AM 11/10 UCOOP
4 W Clam Lake 2 F 0700 AM 11/10 COOP
3 ENE South Range 2 F 0613 AM 11/10 CWOP
1 SW Breezy Point 2 F 0212 AM 11/10 CWOP
3 W Clam Lake 2 F 0740 AM 11/10 CWOP
Bay Of Grand Marais 3 F 0556 AM 11/10 ASOS
Island Lake 3 F 0900 AM 11/10 COOP
5 SE Breezy Point 3 F 0413 AM 11/10 CWOP
4 SE Phillips 3 F 0720 AM 11/10 CWOP
2 WSW Castle Danger 3 F 0420 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Grand Marais 3 F 0430 AM 11/10 NWLON
3 N Butternut 4 F 0547 AM 11/10 COOP
12 ENE Fifield 4 F 0747 AM 11/10 RAWS
Washburn RAWS 4 F 0702 AM 11/10 RAWS
Walker 4 F 1212 AM 11/10 CWOP
5 WSW Spirit 4 F 0748 AM 11/10 CWOP
2 ENE Duluth 4 F 0353 AM 11/10 CWOP
2 NE Duluth 4 F 0404 AM 11/10 CWOP
Spooner 4 F 0800 AM 11/10 COOP
1 WSW Maple 4 F 0744 AM 11/10 CWOP
4 ENE Two Harbors 5 F 0420 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Park Falls 6 F 0800 AM 11/10 COOP
3 NW Superior 6 F 0645 AM 11/10 MNDOT
Silver Bay Marine 6 F 0330 AM 11/10 GLOS
29 SE Grand Marais 6 F 0400 AM 11/10 MARITIME
Brainerd 6 F 0700 AM 11/10 COOP
12 N Isle 6 F 0800 AM 11/10 COOP
Sky Harbor Airport 7 F 0614 AM 11/10 AWOS
Glidden RAWS 8 F 0700 AM 11/10 RAWS
2 E Superior 9 F 0800 AM 11/10 GPSMET
Cass Lake 10 F 0800 AM 11/10 COOP
Winter 10 F 0900 AM 11/10 COOP
Saxon 1wsw 10 F 0700 AM 11/10 COOP
1 W Bayfield 11 F 0615 AM 11/10 CWOP
Ashland Airport 12 F 0953 PM 11/09 ASOS
Walker Community Center 12 F 0900 AM 11/10 COOP
Bayfield 12 F 0951 PM 11/09 CWOP
3 S Ashland 13 F 0800 AM 11/10 COOP
Bayfield 9N 14 F 0700 AM 11/10 UCOOP
2 SE Bayfield 14 F 1242 AM 11/10 CWOP
Devils Island 14 F 0400 AM 11/10 MARITIME
Apostle Islands Raws 14 F 0130 AM 11/10 RAWS
1 E Odanah 15 F 0800 AM 11/10 AIRNOW
5 NW Sand Bay 15 F 0721 AM 11/10 RAWS
Ashland 15 F 0700 AM 11/10 UCOOP
Madeline Island 15 F 0703 AM 11/10 COOP
1 E Odanah 16 F 0820 AM 11/10 CWOP
Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
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