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The coldest day in Minnesota history
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Posted Jan 6, 2026 at 8:00 am.
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The coldest day ever recorded in Minnesota was Feb. 2, 1996. Casey Darnell joins host Erica Pearson to talk about what happened when temperatures plunged to a record low of minus 60 in Tower, about 90 miles north of Duluth.
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