Borderland experienced a 24-hour transition from spring weather to winter weather Wednesday as bitter cold replaced Tuesday’s record warmth.
Accuweather.com reported that frigid air following an arctic cold front is erasing Tuesday’s warmth that broke more than a dozen record highs.
Meteorologist Kevin Kraujalis with the National Weather Service in Duluth told The Journal Tuesday that the day’s record high of 41 degrees marked the third day in January with temperatures above 40 degrees, which tied a record of the trend set in 1973.
However, just as Kraujalis warned, the warm-up didn’t last and late-week temperatures continue to plunge into the single digits. Borderland residents woke Wednesday to the day’s high of 35 degrees and temperatures fell throughout the day dropping to 4 degrees just before midnight.
Fierce winds are making winter's return throughout the area even more noticeable with wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour Wednesday, according to AccuWeather.com. The wind chill in International Falls Thursday morning made it feel -13 degrees.
The site also reported that the return of frigid air is being marked by a band of snow pushing southeastward through the Upper Midwest, however, substantial accumulations are not expected.
The NWS website predicted today’s temperatures to hover right above zero degrees with Sunday seeing a high of 20 degrees.
