True to form, cold arctic air flowed across our area overnight dropping temperatures to sub-zero readings that rivaled the cold outbreak of 1996. The map above shows the low temperatures through 6 AM CST/5 AM MST for most areas. However, temperatures in many areas continued to fall through shortly after sunrise.
Many locations will have high temperatures below zero this afternoon.
This cold snap won’t last as long as 1996 but the temperatures are still impressive. The tables below have been updated to show where this morning’s low temperatures fit in the record books. The low temperatures for January 15, 2009 in these tables are through 10 AM CST.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -29 2/ 2/1996
2. -26 1/15/2009
3. -25 2/ 3/1996
4. -25 2/ 1/1996
5. -21 1/ 4/1999
6. -21 1/ 7/1996
7. -20 1/16/2007
8. -20 1/13/1998
9. -20 12/26/1996
10. -19 2/20/2008
11. -19 1/24/2008
12. -19 1/15/2005
Sioux City, Iowa
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -23 2/ 2/1996
2. -20 1/15/2009
3. -20 1/24/2008
4. -20 1/ 9/1999
5. -20 2/ 1/1996
6. -19 12/22/2008
7. -19 1/16/2007
8. -19 2/ 3/1996
9. -19 1/ 7/1996
10. -16 2/ 4/2007
11. -16 12/ 6/2005
12. -16 2/ 2/2001
Spencer, Iowa
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -27 1/15/2009
2. -27 2/ 2/1996
3. -23 2/ 3/1996
4. -23 2/ 1/1996
5. -22 1/24/2008
6. -21 1/16/2007
7. -21 1/ 9/1999
8. -20 2/20/2008
9. -20 12/25/2000
10. -19 1/28/1997
11. -18 12/24/2000
12. -18 1/ 4/1999
Marshall, Minnesota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -30 2/ 2/1996
2. -28 2/ 1/1996
3. -27 1/15/2009
4. -26 2/ 3/1996
5. -23 1/19/1999
6. -22 2/20/2008
7. -22 1/30/2004
8. -21 1/ 7/1996
9. -21 1/ 6/1996
10. -21 1/ 5/1996
11. -20 1/29/2004
12. -19 2/19/2008
Worthington, Minnesota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -30 2/ 2/1996
2. -29 2/ 3/1996
3. -26 1/15/2009
4. -26 2/ 4/1996
5. -22 2/21/2008
6. -22 2/20/2008
7. -22 2/ 1/1996
8. -21 1/ 5/1999
9. -21 1/11/1997
10. -21 1/ 7/1996
11. -20 1/10/1999
12. -20 1/ 9/1999
Huron, South Dakota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -33 2/ 2/1996
2. -31 2/ 3/1996
3. -31 2/ 1/1996
4. -30 1/15/2009
5. -25 1/14/2005
6. -25 1/13/1998
7. -25 1/19/1996
8. -24 1/23/2003
9. -24 12/26/1996
10. -23 1/15/2005
11. -23 1/27/2004
12. -22 1/16/2005
Mitchell, South Dakota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -36 2/ 3/1996
2. -31 2/ 2/1996
3. -31 2/ 1/1996
4. -27 2/ 4/1996
5. -25 1/15/2009
6. -25 12/27/1996
7. -25 12/26/1996
8. -25 1/19/1996
9. -23 2/02/2005
10. -23 1/13/1998
11. -23 1/17/1998
Yankton, South Dakota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -26 1/25/2008
2. -26 1/24/2008
3. -23 2/ 2/1996
4. -22 2/ 3/1996
5. -20 1/15/2009
6. -20 1/17/2007
7. -20 1/16/2007
8. -20 2/ 2/2001
9. -19 2/ 4/1996
10. -17 1/16/2005
11. -17 2/ 3/2001
12. -17 1/28/1997
Brookings, South Dakota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -32 2/ 2/1996
2. -31 1/15/2009
3. -31 2/ 3/1996
4. -27 2/ 4/1996
5. -25 1/17/1997
6. -25 2/ 1/1996
7. -25 1/20/1996
8. -25 1/19/1996
9. -25 1/ 7/1996
10. -24 1/15/2005
11. -24 1/14/2005
12. -24 1/ 9/1999
Chamberlain, South Dakota
Lowest Minimum Temperatures
From January 1, 1996 to present date
Degrees Date
1. -30 2/ 3/1996
2. -30 2/ 2/1996
3. -27 2/ 4/1996
4. -24 1/19/1996
5. -23 2/16/2007
6. -23 2/15/2007
7. -22 1/20/1996
8. -21 1/15/2009
9. -21 12/27/1996
10. -21 2/ 1/1996
11. -20 1/13/1998
12. -20 12/26/1996
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