How cold does it have to be for Minnesota schools to close?
Thousands of Minnesota students got an extended Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend Tuesday as many schools across the state shut down due to extreme cold. Other students were allowed to stay home but had their lessons moved online.
List of schools closed, delayed due to extreme cold in Minnesota
Most schools are in the state are closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, but some of those that were due to open are also closing due to dangerous wind chills. An extreme cold warning remains in place across the vast majority of Minnesota as plunging temperatures have brought dangerous wind chills to the state.
Minnesota, Wisconsin schools closed Tuesday due to extreme cold
With extreme cold expected on Tuesday, many school districts in Minnesota and western Wisconsin have decided to cancel or delay classes for Tuesday.
Dangerous cold prompts school closings across Minnesota
There are a number of schools closings across Minnesota on Monday amid dangerous cold. Canby Public Schools, Marshall Public Schools and Tracy Public Schools, among many others, will all be closed for the day.
Many schools in Greater Akron cancel classes Wednesday due to the cold. Here's the list.
Nearly all schools in Greater Akron have canceled classes Wednesday due to frigid temperatures. Here's the list.
How cold does it have to be to cancel school? Oklahoma school officials weigh in
There isn’t a direct temperature or weather benchmark that school systems use to decide when to close the doors, but several factors do play a role.
Dangerously cold air settles in with wind chills as cold as -50 in northern Minnesota
Sunday will be bitterly cold and stay that way all day as temperatures in the metro warm to around -2 degrees.
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Twin Cities on Alert as Extreme Cold Warning Issued, Wind Chills to Reach -40 Degrees
The National Weather Service issued an extreme cold warning for the Twin Cities, cautioning against dangerous wind chills.
Here are the coldest wind chills in Minnesota — and worse is coming
It has to reach an air temp or wind chill of -35 to generate an extreme cold warning in the Twin Cities. In greater Minnesota ...
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Extreme cold warning issued for northern Minnesota
Residents in northern Minnesota can expect extremely cold temperatures over the weekend and into Tuesday as wind chills dip ...
Extreme Cold Warning Issued as Temperatures Could Drop Below Zero
The NWS extreme cold warning for Duluth said: "The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 40 below zero could cause frostbite ...
Warnings in Minnesota for blizzard, snow squalls, high wind and extreme cold
Blizzard warning: Kittson County, the northwestern-most county in Minnesota, is under a blizzard warning until 9 p.m. Friday.
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Normal temperatures on the horizon for Brainerd area
An extreme cold warning is in effect until noon Tuesday, and high temperatures should rise to 20 degrees by Wednesday.
'Extreme Cold' Weather Warnings, Watches for 18 States
Extreme cold watches issued by NWS meteorologists are currently in place in parts of Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, ...