February 4, 2018
Minnesota hosted Super Bowl LII on February 4, 2018. It was a wintry weekend with 2.5 inches of fluffy snow the day before. On the day of the Super Bowl, the high temperature was nine degrees with a low of -4.
Looking at statistics for Twin Cities over the past 140 or so years on February 4th, the temperature ranged from a maximum of 51 degrees in 2005 to a minimum of -28 in 1886.
The 1981-2010 normal temperatures for February 4th at the Twin Cities International Airport are 26 degrees for the high and nine degrees for the low. February is not typically a very snowy month. The most snow on February 4th in the Twin Cities is 4.4 inches in 1971.
Weather for the first week of February can vary greatly
At times, it can be the coldest part of the winter and "sporting" some of the deepest snow depths. The chances of seeing no snow cover occurs in about 1 in 10 years. Having a snow depth of about six inches happens about half the time and having at least a foot of snow on the ground is about 15% of the time. It is also the time of year that the length of day light becomes noticeably longer. By February 4, there is about one hour and fifteen minutes of extra daylight since December 21. On February 4, 2018 the sun will rise at 7:29 am and set at 5:25pm, Central Standard Time in the Twin Cities.
January 26, 1992
Minnesota hosted their first Super Bowl on January 26, 1992 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The high temperature that day at the Twin Cities International Airport was 26 degrees and the low temperature was seven. The day was dry, but 1.3 inches of snow fell the day before. The snow depth was ten inches on January 26, giving the outdoor scenery a decidedly wintry look and feel.
Weather for February 4 from 1990-2018 at the Twin Cities International Airport. Date High Low Precip Snow Snow Depth 1990 49 13 0 0 1 1991 46 32 0 0 2 1992 32 22 0 0 7 1993 28 21 0 0 5 1994 10 -7 0 0 11 1995 20 6 0 0 T 1996 4 -23 T T 13 1997 28 22 0 0 11 1998 23 6 0.01 0.1 7 1999 16 4 0 0 7 2000 29 10 T T 7 2001 24 18 0.01 0.3 11 2002 20 1 0 0 T 2003 12 -1 0 0 6 2004 15 -11 T 0.2 12 2005 51 35 0 0 2 2006 21 5 T T T 2007 -5 -13 T T 2 2008 32 22 0.14 1.3 3 2009 15 -5 0 0 4 2010 29 19 0.07 1 10 2011 34 10 0 0 13 2012 36 23 T T 0 2013 14 3 0.06 1.2 5 2014 11 -1 0 0 14 2015 15 -1 0.01 0.4 2 2016 27 8 0.03 0.3 7 2017 35 13 0 0 T 2018 9 -4 T T 6