View of the of West Downtown skyline on a cold December 9th evening.

A very cold say across Southeastern Minnesota today as a cold high pressure sent the first arctic are of the season southward from Canada. Some places manly north and west started off below zero. The low on my station was 2.F so we have not yet fallen below zero in the city. More sunshine was seen today then in past days but it did little to warm things up. Highs remained in the teens for the 1st time of the season at every station around, including my own. My stations high today was a chilly 16.F. It felt more like January today then mid December, which was a shock to the system after a very mild fall.

Lows/Highs reported Friday December 9th.

The coldest low I found in the entire area was -4.F from Dodge Center and Zumbrota. The highest low was 3.F from Winona. The warmest daytime high was 18.F from Winona and the coldest was Dodge Center with a high of just 10.F For the Rochester area Byron was the coldest with -4.F,  Inner city stations remained around 2.F. After one more chilly day Saturday we can expect this cold air to come to and end. Highs Sunday will rise to the middle to upper 30s area wide!