Some heavy hitters in here for potential cold records - two of the coldest places in the Lower 48 especially outside the Rockies- Hibbing,MN record low for Jan 24th is -31F in 2008 and also in 1987 and 1961. Record keeping started in 1938 Forecast low is -37F I-Falls, MN (the ice box of Nation) record low are as follows - records back to 1897 but missing many years early 20th century to be fair. 1/24 -40 in 1966 -37 in 1957 -36 in 2013+ Forecast low for I-Falls is -38F. NWS DLH in a few AFD's back said there is a 5-10% chance of -50F air temp in the coldest spots without long standing climate records. Embarrass and Cotton come to mind and also Snowbank Lake on the edge of the BWCAW.-- and don't forget Tower,MN - the official low record for MN at -60F (Feb 1st and 2nd- 1996)--- those that don't know - highly rumored at the time that a group of hardy winter campers went and slept overnight Feb 1st into Feb 2nd and recorded on low temp of -70F on max/min alcohol thermometer. You can book that because I recently meet one of those hearty souls since- and he and others will be doing the same thing this weekend. I will also be along - but can't make it until the warmer of the nights (sat into sun). Hope to share some pics. The coldest I've ever camped in without being in a hot tent (second pic) -- fully exposed- is -22F The coldest I've ever camped in BEING in a hot tent with fire- but the fire does go out - is -17F (just cuz I'am getting old and that record should be broken ) Here is some from years past-

Forum meetup in Tampa??

Parts of the Gulf coast could see snow before us.

Yeah, bad stretch for them no doubt, but again this winter is far from over. And I explored the area a fair amount in late October...it's pretty cool how the city is literally right up against the mountains. There are hiking trails that go up a couple thousand feet in a few miles that start downtown. No other city of its size quite like it in the US.

That is one heck of sustained cold on the 00Z Euro. Here are #'s for DSM - maybe not 2021 level but longevity would be greater. Ouch. I may need more wood if it continues much below normal into FEB> FORECAST MODELS ECMWF Deterministic FORECAST FOR: DSM LAT= 41.53 LON= -93.65 ELE= 965 00Z JAN22 2 M 850 SFC SFC 700 6 HR 500 1000 TMP TMP PRS RHU RHU QPF HGT 500 (C) (C) (MB) (PCT) (PCT) (IN) (DM) THK THU 00Z 22-JAN -2.7 -12.2 1021 58 16 535 519 THU 06Z 22-JAN -6.1 -13.6 1025 59 9 0.00 539 519 THU 12Z 22-JAN -7.5 -13.1 1026 61 24 0.00 540 520 THU 18Z 22-JAN -1.7 -12.9 1027 36 60 0.00 541 520 FRI 00Z 23-JAN -5.9 -16.6 1029 41 69 0.00 540 517 FRI 06Z 23-JAN -15.4 -19.8 1038 56 53 0.00 541 512 FRI 12Z 23-JAN -23.5 -21.5 1045 45 50 0.00 541 509 FRI 18Z 23-JAN -21.2 -21.2 1049 32 37 0.00 545 510 SAT 00Z 24-JAN -20.0 -19.6 1046 37 74 0.00 545 512 SAT 06Z 24-JAN -21.2 -18.1 1046 49 100 0.01 545 512 SAT 12Z 24-JAN -21.9 -17.3 1043 68 100 0.04 545 514 SAT 18Z 24-JAN -20.3 -17.4 1041 71 101 0.04 545 515 SUN 00Z 25-JAN -19.3 -17.5 1036 74 97 0.02 543 517 SUN 06Z 25-JAN -19.4 -17.4 1034 75 40 0.01 541 516 SUN 12Z 25-JAN -20.4 -18.5 1032 76 49 0.00 536 513 SUN 18Z 25-JAN -19.4 -20.1 1032 67 58 0.00 530 507 MON 00Z 26-JAN -19.4 -22.3 1032 74 82 0.00 523 500 MON 06Z 26-JAN -21.5 -23.7 1033 78 48 0.00 521 497 MON 12Z 26-JAN -25.3 -22.2 1034 73 9 0.00 528 504 MON 18Z 26-JAN -19.1 -13.9 1030 70 15 0.00 540 517 TUE 00Z 27-JAN -13.0 -5.8 1023 77 50 0.00 541 524 TUE 06Z 27-JAN -10.5 -9.0 1022 77 71 0.00 540 523 TUE 12Z 27-JAN -11.1 -11.6 1025 78 13 0.00 541 522 TUE 18Z 27-JAN -8.6 -11.8 1027 68 16 0.00 543 522 WED 00Z 28-JAN -9.9 -11.2 1027 71 56 0.00 543 522 WED 06Z 28-JAN -13.1 -11.4 1029 75 83 0.00 542 520 WED 12Z 28-JAN -13.1 -12.4 1030 74 88 0.00 540 517 WED 18Z 28-JAN -10.1 -12.4 1031 57 11 0.00 541 517 THU 00Z 29-JAN -11.9 -11.4 1029 58 11 0.00 542 520 THU 06Z 29-JAN -15.0 -11.8 1030 72 97 0.00 543 521 THU 12Z 29-JAN -14.7 -11.8 1030 72 99 0.00 544 521 THU 18Z 29-JAN -11.5 -12.1 1033 74 101 0.01 545 520 FRI 00Z 30-JAN -10.9 -11.8 1033 78 98 0.02 545 520 FRI 06Z 30-JAN -11.5 -13.7 1036 80 100 0.02 544 516 FRI 12Z 30-JAN -13.5 -16.1 1038 82 100 0.03 540 512 FRI 18Z 30-JAN -13.2 -18.1 1040 75 77 0.01 538 508 SAT 00Z 31-JAN -13.9 -19.5 1041 73 67 0.00 534 504 SAT 06Z 31-JAN -18.3 -21.6 1043 75 89 0.00 530 499 SAT 12Z 31-JAN -20.4 -20.6 1044 75 96 0.00 531 499 SAT 18Z 31-JAN -18.0 -17.8 1044 70 100 0.00 538 506 SUN 00Z 01-FEB -16.2 -16.1 1041 72 84 0.00 542 511