MARSHALL — The Marshall area has experienced severe cold over the past few days. While the temperatures have been harsh, they haven’t been record-breaking, according to data from the National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls.

So far this month, Marshall will likely end up with about a three-day streak where the high temperature was zero degrees or colder, said Kyle Weisser, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls. Marshall’s record for the most days in a row with high temperatures at or below zero is 14 days. That streak was recorded in February 1936, Weisser said.

The second-longest streak was in December 1983, when Marshall had nine days of temperatures at or below zero, Weisser said. More recently, Marshall had five days in a row of sub-zero weather, which was reported in February 2021.

A wind chill warning remains in effect for the region until noon today. Wind chills could get as cold as 40 degrees below zero, the NWS said. Area residents should wear appropriate clothing and avoid outside activities if possible.

Weisser said extreme wind chills aren’t unprecedented in southwest Minnesota. He estimated that conditions for a wind chill warning happen a couple of times each winter.

It looks like conditions might warm up this weekend, however.

“As we get to Sunday and Monday, the high temperatures are at least close to normal,” Weisser said.

The forecast for Sunday includes a high temperature near 24 degrees, with a high near 33 degrees on Monday.

There will be a slight chance of more snow on Thursday, according to the NWS.

Local snowfall amounts from last week’s winter storm didn’t pile up quite as high as snow reports from communities farther south. According to the NWS, Marshall received about 4.5 inches of snow during the storm on Jan. 8-9.

In comparison, 6.8 inches of snow was reported in Slayton and Pipestone, 9 inches was reported in the Worthington area, and 11.8 inches was reported in Hills in Rock County.

In Sioux Falls, the 10.5 inches of snow that fell on Jan. 8 set a new daily snow record, the NWS said. The previous record was 4.3 inches, reported in 2016.