What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Minnesota? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Minnesota or people thinking of visiting Minnesota including Minneapolis, the Mall of America, casinos, lakes and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting.
Minnesota is certainly considered a cold weather state as it is located in the north and shares a long border with Canada. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Minnesota is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.
What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Minnesota?
- -60 degrees below zero on February 2, 1996
The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Minnesota is -60 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Minnesota which is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded east of the Mississippi River, was recorded on February 2, 1996, in Tower.
Tower is a small 500 population town located on Pike Bay which is a part of Lake Vermillion in northeastern Minnesota about 30 miles south of the Canadian border and 80 miles north of Duluth. Tower's population swells in the summer with visitors to Lake Vermillion the nearby Fortune Bay Resort and Casino. The Casino is run by the Chippewa Tribe.
How does a -60 degrees coldest weather temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 6th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states tied with Idaho and North Dakota.
The coldest weather temperature ever recorded anywhere in the United States is -80 degrees below zero which occurred on January 23, 1971, in Prospect Creek, Alaska. The coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the lower 48 states is -70 degrees below zero which occurred on January 20, 1954, in Rogers Pass, Montana.
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