If I were to wake up from a coma, I'd assume it's the middle of May here

Just FTR- the -47F on the 19th is the coldest ever for Brainerd for the month of Jan. Impressive. But 96' takes the cake all time at -52F and -54F on Feb 1st -2nd of 1996. 1996 had the all time coldest temp in MN at --60F FEB 1/2nd Tower,mn -- and MPS was like -34F or something-- but from living in the MPLS at the time, 1994 was colder for the month of Jan. Parts of NW MN (Crookston being one) avg temp for Jan 1994 was around -7F. That's unreal.

Obvious NW flow setup, hopefully I can get a clipper or two out of it. Honestly couldn't ask for anything better in January seeing as CO lows are obviously going to be suppressed and target Iowa.

At least the next couple of days will be somewhat chilly.

Agreed.