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.

People in this episode

Host: Erica Pearson

Guest: Casey Darnell

Topics covered

• history
• society
• culture

Keywords

• coldest day
• Minnesota history
• record low
• February 2, 1996

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Minnesota, Tower, Duluth

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