Extreme cold slows down some work but keeps tow trucks busy

With quiet construction sites and not a soul on local rinks or school playgrounds that we could find, it's clear days like this are too cold for a lot of us. 

Frigid start to Thursday morning with dangerous wind chills across state
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It was a frigid start to Thursday morning. Despite the sunshine, highs for most will remain below zero, but the Twin Cities metro could get up to 2 degrees.

Minneapolis and St. Paul schools open Thursday despite wind chills nearing -35 degree threshold

Minneapolis and St. Paul schools say they will remain open on Thursday despite extremely low wind chills that are expected to take feels-like temperatures well below zero. See an active list of school closings at fox9.com/closings. 

Incredible 'angel in the sky' caught on camera thanks to weather phenomenon

Lee Howdle was out walking in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, central England last week when he noticed the spectacular misty shadow, according to news agency SWNS.

Wednesday's forecast: A day of transition
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Wednesday starts mild, but that changes with wind chills landing below 0 before the end of the day.

Brief period of light, blowing snow Wednesday followed by bitter cold

A Blizzard Warning is in effect for parts of western Minnesota for whiteout conditions at times Wednesday, while the Twin Cities is under a Winter Weather Advisory for some scattered blowing snow and slippery spots along with plunging temperatures that will create a flash freeze. 

Police remind snowmobile drivers not to ride on sidewalk

Apparently, in some parts of Minnesota, this needs repeating: you should not ride your snowmobile on the sidewalk. 

A brief Arctic chill is on the way

Amazing as it may sound, it’s been a pretty mild winter so far. The months of December, January and February have ranged roughly 5 degrees above average as a whole which puts us in 21st place for warmest winter. Not exactly groundbreaking, but it does show that temps have generally been around or above average. Sure, we’ve seen a couple of cold snaps including a brief one a few days ago, but what winter doesn’t have ANY cold snaps? I can answer that for you… none! So our next one is on the way, but this one may challenge some of the coldest wind chills of the season so far.

Iraqis wake up to snow for first time in over a decade

 Iraq’s capital of Baghdad awoke on Tuesday to a sight not seen in over a decade — their city covered in snow.

Twin Cities residents and crews clean up after snowstorm

In the metro, we woke up to a decent amount of snow on the ground. But, the further south you went, the more snow there was.

133 crashes across Minnesota on Sunday as snow blankets parts of state

A winter storm that dropped inches of snow on areas across southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro made for tough travel in the early morning hours on Sunday.

Snow totals: 9 inches in New Ulm, 7 in Shakopee

Sunday morning's snowstorm brought up to 9 inches of snow in New Ulm and about 7.5 in Bloomington, Minnesota.