Coldest air of the winter, life-threatening wind chills encompass Minnesota
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There s no doubt there will be Minnesotans wearing T-shirts and shorts when temperatures blast into the 20s and maybe even the 30s later this week, but even the bravest of the Bold North would decline stepping outdoors in shorts on Sunday.
Sunday morning welcomed the coldest air of what s become an extended stay for Old Man Winter, with wind chills across the entire state ranging from -30F to -55F. All of – literally every county – Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa are under wind chill warnings.
SHREVEPORT, La. - Below freezing temperatures and winter precipitation have arrived to the ArkLaTex. We should continue to see areas of freezing rain/sleet/snow through Sunday with mainly light accumulation expected.
Most of the U.S. is under some sort of weather warning or advisory today, Feb. 14, 2021. Winter storm warnings stretch from New Mexico and Texas east and north to Illinois and Ohio, At least 12 states, including Nebraska are partially or entirely under Wind Chill Warnings. Upstate New York and parts of New England have a Winter Storm Watch. Alaska and Hawaii are not exempt as they have gale warnings and small craft advisories on their shores. On the big islad of Hawaii, there is currently a Winter Weather Advisory at 11 a.m. CST 2-14-21.
Here at home, wind chill factors of 40 below or lower are possible. The high Monday in Custer County is expected to be -1; on Tuesday, 4; and on Wednesday 14. Nighttime lows before wind chill will be -23 tonight (Sunday, 2-14-21); -16 Monday; and -7 Tuesday. Thursday, 2-18-21, may see a daytime high of 28.