Weather
Minnesota Is Colder Than Siberia Today
Here's how the two regions — both known for cold weather — stack up against each other Friday.
MINNESOTA — It's significantly warmer in Siberia than it is in Minnesota Friday.
It's currently 0 degrees in Leningradsky, which is a Russian city in the Siberian region. Residents in the Twin Cities metro woke up to temperatures about 15 degrees below zero Friday.
Meanwhile, it's 9 degrees below zero in Antarctica, where it's currently summer.
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“The temperature in Minnesota is -10. I don’t know why anyone would want to go to Minnesota right now, but we’re going anyway.” -Legit my pilot
— Amanda🎄Noelle ☃️ Koehler (@amandankoehler) January 7, 2022
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Minnesota was 60 degrees below zero on Feb. 2, 1996 in St. Louis County.
The biggest snowstorm ever recorded in the state was 46.5 inches Jan. 6-8 in 1994 in Lake County.
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Looking ahead
Minnesotans can expect warmer weather this weekend, however. Saturday's high is 30. However, the Arctic air will return Sunday, when the high will only be 7 degrees.
Read Minnesota's forecast for the week ahead here.
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