Thermometer Reads 50 Below Zero Near Boundary Waters

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A weather station in the Boundary Waters recorded a temperature of 50 degrees below zero on Saturday, which will be a record low for Minnesota for Feb. 13 if it is verified.

The negative 50 temperature was recorded at a station about 25 miles east of Ely, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.

If verified, it would shatter the state’s previous record for Feb. 13 — which was 42 below zero, set in 1916 near Grand Rapids.

The overall state record low is 60 degrees below zero, which was set near Tower on Feb. 2, 1996.

Other locations in northern Minnesota saw low temperatures in the negative 40s on Saturday. Norris Camp in Lake of the Woods County saw readings of 48 below zero, Babbitt recorded 46 below. The temperature was negative 31 at the Duluth Airport, Hinkley and McGregor and it was nine degrees below zero at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Winds were light across northern Minnesota on Saturday morning, minimizing wind chills. But the Cloquet airport recorded a wind chill of 55 below zero. The Duluth and Hibbing airports each recorded a wind chill of 48 below.