National Weather Service Says Stretch of Arctic Temperatures Coldest Since 1972!
- National Weather Service says stretch of arctic temperatures coldest since 1972!
by Associated Press, via http://www.startribune.com/
BRAINERD, Minn. — Forecasters say it hasn’t been this cold for this long in north central Minnesota since Richard Nixon was in the White House and gas was 36 cents a gallon.
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The National Weather Service in Duluth looked at the coldest 6-day stretches and found it was 1972 when it last has been this cold in Crow Wing County. The stretch from Dec. 6 to 11 averaged about 6 degrees above zero.
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reports the coldest December stretch on record was 1927 with an average temperature of 7½ degrees below zero. International Falls set a record on Sunday morning with a low temperature of 32 degrees below zero. The weather service says that’s 1 degree lower than the city’s previous record for Dec. 15 set in 1975.
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