Looking for a CBC to do where you won't freeze you bins? The following locations have the highest average reported temperature on Count Day. _________________________ Two Harbors 33.7 Mankato 32.6 LaCrosse-LaCrescent 30.7 Lamberton 29.2 Rochester 28.6 Fairmont 28.5 Morris 27.2 NW McLeod Co. 26.4 Austin 26.0 Big Stone NWR 25.8 Grand Marais 25.3 Excelsior 25.2 Little Falls 25.2 New Ulm 25.0 _________________________
Feeling Brave? Got fog-proof binoculars? Here are the CBCs in MN with the coldest average temperature. ______________________ Warren: -4.3 F Isabella: -2.6 F Baudette: -1.8 F Long Prairie: 0.5 F Roseau: 2.2 F Itasca S.P.: 2.3 F Hibbing: 2.4 F Beltrami Island: 2.5 F Duluth: 4.5 F Grand Marais: 4.6 F ______________________ And if you're feeling brave AND want to take your chances, the following list includes the Top 10 Coldest Recorded Temperatures of all MN CBCs. (NOTE: CY refers to the Nth Year for the Audubon CBC effort. CY 1 was conducted in 1900, therefore CY 74 was the 1973-74 CBC season.) ______________________________ Itasca SP: -42 F (CY 74) Aurora: -41 F (CY 81) Itasca SP: -38 F (CY 77) Hibbing: -35 F (CY 94) Roseau: -35 F (CY 93) Sherburne NWR: -33 F (CY 84) Aurora: -32 F (CY 84) Isabella: -31 F (CY 91) Itasca SP: -31 F (CY 79) Grand Rapids: -31 F (CY 84) Cedar Creek Bog: -31 F (CY 84) ______________________________ Can't forget about wind-chill in Minnesota. According to the revised wind-chill index formula (2001), the following events were conducted in the most severve temperature conditions... not for the faint of heart! _________________________________ Roseau: -68 (CY 93) Tamarac NWR: -64 (CY 90) Aurora: -60 (CY 84) Grand Marais: -60 (CY 44) Cedar Creek Bog: -58 (CY 68) Mountain Lake-Windom: -55 (CY 74) International Falls: -54 (CY 74) Cedar Creek Bog: -54 (CY 84) Grand Rapids: -54 (CY 84) Roseau: -53 (CY 91) Hibbing: -53 (CY 59) Warren: -53 (CY 82) St. Paul (NE suburb): -53 (CY 76) _________________________________ For those that can't get to the Tucson CBC, bundle up and keep that hot chocolate ready upon you're return. The Minnesota CBC... Still Counting after all these years.
