Weather chats with Mark Seeley

Minnesota was the coldest place in the nation this week

Flags fly at half mast on the State Capitol building
The Minnesota State Capitol is pictured during a brief snow squall on Dec. 4.
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Minnesota had the coldest temperatures in the nation as the state moved into its second week of meteorological winter.

“We certainly got slapped with some really cold, Arctic-like air,” meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley said.

On Wednesday, Roseau in northern Minnesota was the coldest place in America, with temperatures bottoming near -17 degrees Fahrenheit. Only a day later and a few miles northeast in Warroad, temperatures dropped to -26 degrees.

MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Seeley about the freezing temperatures in their weekly weather chat.