Cotton, Minnesota

CountryUnited States

Elevation

1,329 ft (405 m)

55724

Cotton
Unincorporated community
Old School Lives, former Cotton School
Cotton Location of the community of Cotton within Cotton Township, Saint Louis County Show map of Minnesota Cotton Cotton (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 47°10′10″N 92°28′35″W / 47.16944°N 92.47639°W / 47.16944; -92.47639
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Saint Louis
Township	Cotton Township
Elevation	1,329 ft (405 m)
Population
• Total	60
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55724
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	661050^[1]

Cotton is an unincorporated community in Cotton Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located 36 miles (58 km) north of the city of Duluth at the junction of U.S. Highway 53 (U.S. 53) and Saint Louis County Road 52 (CR 52). Cotton is located 27 miles south of the city of Virginia.

Cotton is generally considered the half way point between the cities of Duluth and Virginia.

The Whiteface River flows through the community.

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Dfb" (Warm Summer Continental Climate).^[2] Cotton's weather is noteworthy for having the lowest recorded temperature in the lower 48 states in the last ten years, −56 °F (−48.9 °C), on January 31, 2019.^[3]

Climate data for Cotton, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–present
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	52 (11)	59 (15)	72 (22)	87 (31)	93 (34)	96 (36)	100 (38)	100 (38)	97 (36)	85 (29)	72 (22)	59 (15)	100 (38)
Mean maximum °F (°C)	39.2 (4.0)	45.2 (7.3)	56.8 (13.8)	71.1 (21.7)	81.6 (27.6)	86.9 (30.5)	87.9 (31.1)	86.6 (30.3)	81.7 (27.6)	72.9 (22.7)	55.2 (12.9)	41.9 (5.5)	90.0 (32.2)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	18.2 (−7.7)	24.9 (−3.9)	36.9 (2.7)	50.4 (10.2)	63.7 (17.6)	73.0 (22.8)	77.8 (25.4)	75.5 (24.2)	67.2 (19.6)	52.2 (11.2)	36.5 (2.5)	24.2 (−4.3)	50.0 (10.0)
Daily mean °F (°C)	6.4 (−14.2)	10.5 (−11.9)	24.6 (−4.1)	37.5 (3.1)	50.8 (10.4)	60.6 (15.9)	64.9 (18.3)	62.8 (17.1)	55.3 (12.9)	41.9 (5.5)	27.2 (−2.7)	13.6 (−10.2)	38.0 (3.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	−5.5 (−20.8)	−3.9 (−19.9)	12.3 (−10.9)	24.6 (−4.1)	38.0 (3.3)	48.2 (9.0)	52.1 (11.2)	50.2 (10.1)	43.4 (6.3)	31.6 (−0.2)	17.9 (−7.8)	3.0 (−16.1)	26.0 (−3.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C)	−34.3 (−36.8)	−30.6 (−34.8)	−17.5 (−27.5)	7.7 (−13.5)	22.9 (−5.1)	30.8 (−0.7)	39.3 (4.1)	38.2 (3.4)	26.7 (−2.9)	15.3 (−9.3)	−5.9 (−21.1)	−27.1 (−32.8)	−37.3 (−38.5)
Record low °F (°C)	−56 (−49)	−56 (−49)	−40 (−40)	−14 (−26)	8 (−13)	24 (−4)	30 (−1)	23 (−5)	16 (−9)	−2 (−19)	−30 (−34)	−44 (−42)	−56 (−49)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	0.73 (19)	0.85 (22)	1.13 (29)	2.30 (58)	3.21 (82)	4.48 (114)	4.19 (106)	3.61 (92)	3.38 (86)	2.71 (69)	1.50 (38)	1.09 (28)	29.18 (743)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	7.9 (20)	6.3 (16)	5.4 (14)	2.8 (7.1)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	1.4 (3.6)	10.6 (27)	8.8 (22)	43.2 (109.7)
Average extreme snow depth inches (cm)	14.5 (37)	17.2 (44)	14.3 (36)	5.4 (14)	0.1 (0.25)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.4 (1.0)	5.8 (15)	8.9 (23)	18.3 (46)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	6.6	5.3	6.8	7.8	10.4	10.8	12.2	10.4	10.8	9.0	6.6	8.4	105.1
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	6.3	4.2	2.8	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	4.3	6.8	26.7
Source 1: NOAA^[4]
Source 2: National Weather Service^[3]

v t e Municipalities and communities of St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Duluth
Cities	Aurora Babbitt Biwabik Brookston Buhl Chisholm Cook Duluth Ely Eveleth Floodwood Gilbert Hermantown Hibbing Hoyt Lakes Iron Junction Kinney Leonidas McKinley Meadowlands Mountain Iron Orr Proctor Rice Lake Tower Virginia Winton	Map of Minnesota highlighting Saint Louis County
Townships	Alango Alborn Alden Angora Arrowhead Ault Balkan Bassett Beatty Biwabik Breitung Brevator Camp 5 Canosia Cedar Valley Cherry Clinton Colvin Cotton Crane Lake Culver Duluth Eagles Nest Ellsburg Elmer Embarrass Fairbanks Fayal Field Fine Lakes Floodwood Fredenberg French Gnesen Grand Lake Great Scott Greenwood Halden Industrial Kabetogama Kelsey Kugler Lakewood Lavell Leiding Linden Grove McDavitt Meadowlands Midway Morcom Morse Ness New Independence Normanna North Star Northland Owens Pequaywan Pike Portage Prairie Lake Sandy Solway Stoney Brook Sturgeon Toivola Van Buren Vermilion Lake Waasa White Willow Valley Wuori
CDPs	Mahnomen Nett Lake Soudan
Unincorporated communities	Alborn Angora Ash Lake Bassett Bear River Bengal Brimson Britt Burnett Burntside Buyck Canyon Celina Central Lakes Cherry Clover Valley Cotton Crane Lake Culver Cusson Eldes Corner Elmer Embarrass Fairbanks Florenton Forbes Four Corners French River Gheen Gheen Corner Glendale Gowan Greaney Idington Independence Island Lake Kabetogama Keenan Kelsey Linden Grove Makinen Maney Markham McComber Meadow Brook Melrude Munger Palmers Palo Paupores Payne Peary Petrel Peyla Pineville Prosit Ramshaw Robinson Rollins Saginaw Sax Shaw Sherman Corner Side Lake Silica Simar Skibo Sturgeon Taft Toivola Twig Vermilion Dam Wakemup Whiteface Wolf Zim
Unorganized territories	Angleworm Bear Head Lake Birch Lake Camp A Lake Crab Lake Dark River Gheen Hay Lake Heikkala Lake Hush Lake Janette Lake Leander Lake Linwood Lake Marion Lake McCormack Mud Hen Lake Nett Lake Northeast St. Louis Northwest St. Louis Pfeiffer Lake Picket Lake Potshot Lake Sand Lake Slim Lake Sturgeon River Sunday Lake Tikander Lake Whiteface Reservoir
Former CDP	Arnold
Ghost towns/ Neighborhoods	Costin Village Elcor Fermoy Kelly Lake Leetonia Little Swan Spina West Virginia
Indian reservations	Fond du Lac Indian Reservation‡ Lake Vermilion Indian Reservation Nett Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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