Lows Monday Morning.

The area was fully immersed in an arctic on Monday. The cold air was driven southeast by a very strong cold front which passed through on this past Saturday. It took 24 hours before the worst of the effects of the cold arrived from the northwest, but when it arrived it was very cold. Highs on Monday were only in the single digits just barely above zero. Some areas remained at zero or below. Unfortunately there was no snow proceeding the airmass so the ground remained snowless through the entire stretch of cold, which is rather odd. I don’t think I’ve ever witnessed winter cold with no snowcover on the ground. The coldest temperature reported was Zumbrota and Byron at -10.F. These temperatures would have been much colder had there been snow on the ground. Areas of far Northern Minnesota had their coldest weather this morning and it was very brutal in those areas. To compare to our area International,MN had a low of -36.F below zero! With the coldest low in the state being -42.F below zero at Embarras,MN Our temperatures were rather warm compared to that!