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Cold Weather Advisory in Effect for Cook County

Jan 29, 2026 06:40PM ● By Editor
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From the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration - January 20, 2026


AREAS AFFECTED : KOOCHICHING; NORTH ST. LOUIS; NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE; NORTH ITASCA; CENTRAL ST. LOUIS; SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE; SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE; NORTH CASS; SOUTH ITASCA; SOUTH CASS; CROW WING; NORTHERN AITKIN; SOUTH AITKIN; CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS; PINE

WHAT: Very cold wind chills as low as 35 degrees below zero expected. 

WHERE: Crow Wing, Aitkin, Pine, Koochiching, Cass, Itasca, Carlton, St. Louis, Cook and Lake Counties. This includes the Tribal Lands of the Grand Portage Reservation, the Fond du Lac Band, the Mille Lacs Band, Hinckley, Lena Lake, Big Sandy Lake and, East Lake areas and the Bois Forte Band, Nett Lake, Deer Creek and, Lake Vermilion areas. Other locations including Voyageurs National Park. The entire Boundary Waters is also included. 

WHEN: From 9 PM this evening to 11 AM CST Friday. 

IMPACTS: The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 degrees below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.


 

 

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