Bygones: Minnesota broke heat records 100 years ago, but in Duluth, it was nice and cool

Bygones: Minnesota broke heat records 100 years ago, but in Duluth, it was nice and cool

News-Tribune, May 23, 1925 Historic heat was recorded throughout Minnesota, with Hibbing setting a record temperature of 94 degrees, St. Paul hitting 97 and Minneapolis' temperature rising to 99. Duluth, however, maintained its reputation with a high temperature of 68 and a "fresh" 48 mph wind. News-Tribune, May 23, 1955 An airman from the Finland, Minnesota, airbase armed with a .45 automatic pistol ordered a Silver Bay resident to drive him to…