Sign Outside the Waseca Weather Station
Courtesy: Minnesota State Climatology Office
Courtesy: Minnesota State Climatology Office
Increasing the odds of a White Christmas, a long duration snow event swept across Minnesota on December 17-18, 2016
The cold peaked in the morning hours of Sunday December 18th, with temperatures falling into the -10s and -20s F across virtually all of Minnesota. Unlike many cold outbreaks, which rely on calm conditions and "radiational cooling," this one was ushered in by strong winds. As a result, many areas had windchills in the -30s and -40s on Sunday morning.
| Low Temperature | Occurrences | Most recent date |
| -39 F | 1 | 12/25/1879 |
| -31 F | 1 | 12/24/1872 |
| -29 F | 1 | 12/19/1983 |
| -27 F | 6 | 12/26/1996 |
| -25 F | 2 | 12/24/1983 |
| -24 F | 8 | 12/23/1990 |
| -23 F | 4 | 12/31/1976 |
| -22 F | 10 | 12/25/1996 |
| -21 F | 3 | 12/19/1955 |
| -20 F | 16 | 12/20/1989 |
| -19 F | 19 | 12/30/1976 |
| -18 F | 15 | 12/20/1996 |
Last modified: December 19, 2016
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