The coldest day in Minnesota history
About this episode
The episode discusses the record low temperatures in Minnesota on February 2, 1996.
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.
Keywords
- coldest day
- Minnesota history
- record low
- February 2, 1996
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