The first week in March is expected to be colder than normal.
The week starts off with a wind chill advisory for Carlton, St. Louis, Lake, Cook and Douglas counties, which is expected to end at noon Sunday. A broad ridge of high pressure stretched from Montana to northern Indiana Saturday afternoon and cold air continued to pour into the Northland Saturday night with lows ranging from 10 below zero to 25 below zero, the National Weather Service in Duluth said.
The lobe of arctic air will slowly move eastward Sunday, which will keep temperatures quite cold for early March. Afternoon highs are expected to be within a few degrees above and below zero, and dangerous wind chills are possible again Sunday night into Monday morning.
According to the NWS, temperatures will remain below normal with highs on Monday ranging from the single digits to near 10 degrees. By Friday, highs are expected to be in the low to mid-20s.
As of Saturday, Duluth has seen 53 consecutive days below 32 degrees. The third-longest stretch of consecutive days below freezing is 59 days, set in 1929, 1971 and 1994. The Weather Service said it expects Duluth will tie that record. The second-longest stretch of consecutive days below freezing is 72 days set in 1979, and the longest record is 76 days set in 1875.
ADVERTISEMENT
This winter has been one for the record books as February was the snowiest on record with 36.4 inches of snow - breaking the 80-year-long record of 33.9 inches of snow.
