International Falls, July 19: Warming blanket of CO2 so powerful that the temperature dropped only 6 degrees below previous record low

International Falls sets new record low | Worthington Daily Globe

INTERNATIONAL FALLS - The temperature in "nation's icebox" dropped to 37 degrees Sunday, enough to set the ninth record low of 2009. The previous record for July 19 was 43 degrees, set in 1958.

Embarrass was the cold spot in the region Sunday with a low of 33. Besides International Falls, Crane Lake, Orr, Bigfork, Hibbing, and Eveleth also dropped to 37.

The National Weather Service said International Falls has had an average temperature of 57 degrees so far this month. The coldest July on record, in its entirety, was July 1992 with an average of 59.4 degrees.