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Cold Snaps of December 2013
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At Duluth, MN:

   

At International Falls, MN:

In December, the Duluth, MN, Airport recorded 8 dates in December with a temperature of -15 degrees  or colder.  The coldest temperature recorded in December at the Duluth airport  was -21 on the 30th and 31st. The temperature for the month was
35 degrees  on the 27th.
  The International Falls, MN, Airport had a record of 8 days with a temperature of less than -30 F in December. This breaks the old record of 7 days. The coldest temperature was -37 on the morning of the 30th. The high temperature for the month was 34 degrees on the 27th.
 
     

Duluth, MN

Record Low Temperatures

Observed 2013

December 29th: -30F -16F
December 30th: -26F -21F
December 31st: -31F -21F
 

International Falls, MN

Record Low Temperatures

Observed 2013

December 29th: -36F -35F
December 30th: -39F -37F
December 31st: -39F -33F

Top Coldest Decembers
 (Average Temperature):

Duluth, MN

Rank  Value  Year
  1        1.8     1983
  2        3.0     1985
  3        3.7     1924
  4        4.1     1989
  5        4.4     2000, 1917
  7        4.5     1976
  8        4.6     2013
 

Top Coldest Decembers
 (Average Temperature):
International Falls, MN

Rank  Value  Year
  1      -4.3     1983
  2      -4.1     2013
  3      -3.0     1976

  4      -1.5     1989

 Below are listings of observed temperatures and wind chills values across the Northland from several of the coldest dates this December.  
Note: These values are not necessarily the lowest values for the date.

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