Extreme Cold Warning, Minnesota
SevereWind chills as low as 39 below zero, wind chills as low as 35 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Ended Friday, January 23, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this warning
- Rochester
- Austin
- Winona
- Kasson
- Stewartville
- Byron
- La Crescent
- Lake City
- Goodview
- St. Charles
- Plainview
- Chatfield
- Caledonia
- Dodge Center
- Wabasha
- Spring Valley
- Eyota
- Rushford
- Oronoco
- Lewiston
- Hayfield
- Preston
- Spring Grove
- Grand Meadow
- Elgin
- Mantorville
- Harmony
- Houston
- Le Roy
- Mazeppa
- West Concord
- Stockton
- Rushford Village
- Dover
- Lanesboro
- Mabel
- Adams
- Rollingstone
- Brownsdale
- Brownsville
- Hokah
- Lyle
- Claremont
- Altura
- Racine
- Wykoff
- Kellogg
- Fountain
- Rose Creek
- Dexter
- Canton
- Dakota
- Eitzen
- Dresbach
- Marion
- Utica
- Peterson
- Ostrander
- Minnesota City
- Homer
- Waltham
- Pickwick
- Zumbro Falls
- Millville
- Mapleview
- Lansing
- Elkton
- Hammond
- Elba
- High Forest
- Minneiska
- Whalan
- Sargeant
- Taopi
How much
- Wind chill
- As low as 39 below zero
Map
- This warning
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 39 below. For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 35 below expected.
- Where
- In Iowa, Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, and Winneshiek Counties. In Minnesota, Houston County.
- When
- For the Extreme Cold Warning, until noon CST today. For the Cold Weather Advisory, until 3 in the morning Saturday.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Updates
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. Now also replaces the Extreme Cold Watch. January 22, 2026
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Area expanded. January 22, 2026
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Extended to Friday, noon. January 22, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 21, 2026
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Extreme Cold Warning issued for Friday overnight through Friday morning. January 21, 2026