While locations 1,200 to 1,500 miles away are getting pummeled with a historic winter blast, Minnesota remains cold and dry — and there's no sign of significant snow in the forecast. That said, there are some hints that a more active February is in store for Minnesota.

Could there be a snowstorm in the area to end January and begin February? Nothing is certain, but there's a chance.

Bundle up, Minnesota. The longest cold snap in nearly six years is on the way, and the mercury might not rise above zero from Saturday night until Tuesday afternoon. An arctic air mass that originated in Siberia will send temperatures tumbling from the balmy 30s Friday morning to well below zero for the weekend,

Thousands of Minnesota students got an extended Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend Tuesday as many schools across the state shut down due to extreme cold. Other students were allowed to stay home but had their lessons moved online.

The National Weather Service issued an extreme cold warning for the Twin Cities, cautioning against dangerous wind chills.

The latest from the National Weather Service is calling for up to six inches of snow in central Minnesota as a clipper system moves across the state Saturday night into Sunday morning.

According to the European model, there's a chance that the air temperature at MSP could hit -20°F for the first time since 2019.

It is the coldest stretch in the Twin Cities metro and across the region so far this winter, with dangerously cold conditions also adding to already crowded emergency rooms from an intense respiratory illness season.

Residents in northern Minnesota can expect extremely cold temperatures over the weekend and into Tuesday as wind chills dip down as low as 55 degrees below zero.

St. Cloud will likely see temperatures in the negatives the next couple of days, according to the National Weather Service.

Minnesota has had hardly any snow so far this winter. But we could finally get more soon based on the latest predictions.

The sunshine will accompany colder temperatures and subzero wind chills on Thursday. The Twin Cities metro daytime high is around 11 degrees, while northern regions will be colder in the single digits. FOX 9 meteorologist Cody Matz has your forecast.