Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

Current conditions at

Wheaton Municipal Airport (KETH)

Lat: 45.78°NLon: 96.55°WElev: 1011ft.

Fair

12°F

-11°C

Humidity 85%
Wind Speed W 6 mph
Barometer 29.89 in
Dewpoint 9°F (-13°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Wind Chill2°F (-17°C)
Last update 21 Jan 4:13 am CST
Extended Forecast for

Dumont MN

Extreme Cold Watch January 22, 06:00pm until January 23, 03:00pm
Winter Weather Advisory January 21, 06:00am until January 21, 06:00pm
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Extreme Cold Watch
Winter Weather Advisory
  • Today

    Today: Snow, mainly before 10am.  Patchy blowing snow after 10am. High near 23. Windy, with a southwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph in the morning.  Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

    High: 23 °F

    Snow and
    Patchy
    Blowing Snow

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Patchy blowing snow before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

    Low: -3 °F

    Patchy
    Blowing Snow
    and Blustery
    then Mostly
    Cloudy

  • Thursday

    Thursday: Patchy blowing snow between 10am and 5pm. Partly sunny and cold, with a temperature falling to around -9 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -33. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 22 mph.

    High: 4 °F

    Patchy
    Blowing Snow
    and Blustery

  • Thursday Night

    Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -22. Wind chill values as low as -41. Northwest wind 9 to 17 mph.

    Low: -22 °F

    Partly Cloudy

  • Friday

    Friday: Sunny and cold, with a high near -10. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light  in the afternoon.

    High: -10 °F

    Cold

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -21. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph after midnight.

    Low: -21 °F

    Partly Cloudy

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -2. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

    High: -2 °F

    Cold

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -17. Southeast wind around 7 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

    Low: -17 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

    High: 0 °F

    Cold

Detailed Forecast

Today
Snow, mainly before 10am. Patchy blowing snow after 10am. High near 23. Windy, with a southwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming northwest 20 to 30 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight
Patchy blowing snow before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
Thursday
Patchy blowing snow between 10am and 5pm. Partly sunny and cold, with a temperature falling to around -9 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -33. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 22 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -22. Wind chill values as low as -41. Northwest wind 9 to 17 mph.
Friday
Sunny and cold, with a high near -10. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the afternoon.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -21. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Saturday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -2. South southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -17. Southeast wind around 7 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Sunday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -12.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 15.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 0.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 17.
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Point Forecast:
Dumont MN
 45.72°N 96.43°W (Elev. 1030 ft)
3:26 am CST Jan 21, 2026
4am CST Jan 21, 2026-6pm CST Jan 27, 2026
 
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