Streak With Highs of 0°F or Above Has Ended After 4 Years And 6 Days

Sunday, January 20, 2013 marked the 1,466th consecutive day, (4 years and 6 days), with high temperatures of 0°F or greater at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport. With a high temperature of -2°F degrees on January 21st, 2013, the streak has come to an end. The streak shattered the previous record by 324 days. Before January 21st, 2013, the last time the high temperature at the Minneapolis airport was below zero was on January 15, 2009 when the thermometer climbed to only -6°F.

The table below is a rundown of the top 10 streaks with high temperatures remaining at or above 0°F at MSP.

Rank	Number of days with highs >=0°F	Ending Date
1	1466	2013-01-20
2	1142	2004-01-28
3	1110	1994-01-13
4	1056	1945-12-16
5	754	1948-01-15
6	751	1961-01-23
7	750	2007-02-03
8	738	1932-01-29
9	723	1892-01-14
-	723	1879-01-01
Period of record: 1872-10-01 to 2013-01-19

The 30-year average Annual count of "number of days with lows below zero" is 22.5 per year.

Winter	Number of days with lows <0°F
2000-2001	34
2001-2002	2
2002-2003	24
2003-2004	15
2004-2005	13
2005-2006	6
2006-2007	16
2007-2008	26
2008-2009	34
2009-2010	15
2010-2011	18
2011-2012	3
2012-2013	4*
* Through 1/22/13.

The table below shows a decade by decade count of days with a low temp at or below zero since 1873.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST PAUL MN

Actual Decadal Count of Min Temp AT OR BELOW ZERO

MIN =< 0	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL
1873-1880	109	72	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	69	293
1881-1890	172	116	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	62	381
1891-1900	120	100	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	58	333
1901-1910	113	100	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	62	287
1911-1920	147	100	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	73	345
1921-1930	125	58	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	73	277
1931-1940	104	91	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	63	281
1941-1950	113	90	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	71	303
1951-1960	108	72	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	60	272
1961-1970	158	96	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	81	358
1971-1980	202	108	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	105	444
1981-1990	97	76	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	85	280
1991-2000	121	45	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	63	256
2001-2010	83	58	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	190
2011-2020	21	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	32

The Chart below shows the annual count of the number of days with a Minimum Temp of Zero or less since 1873.

The table below shows the decade by decade count of the number of days with a below zero high temp.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST PAUL MN

Actual Count of Max Temp BELOW ZERO (only)

MAX < 0	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL
1873-1880	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	25
1881-1890	45	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	67
1891-1900	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	32
1901-1910	20	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	43
1911-1920	34	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	62
1921-1930	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	35
1931-1940	21	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	41
1941-1950	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21
1951-1960	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16
1961-1970	34	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	49
1971-1980	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	39
1981-1990	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	36
1991-2000	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17
2001-2010	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11
2011-2020	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

The chart below shows the "Calendar Year" annual number of days with a below zero high temp.

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Streak With Highs of 0°F or Above Has Ended After 4 Years And 6 Days