According To NOAA, Minneapolis-Saint Paul broke a 146 year record.

​The Little Ice Age ended in Approximately 1850 give or take. With that in mind 1873 is about 23 years removed from the end of the Little Ice Age. It's also about 43 years removed from the end of the Dalton Minimum which lasted from 1790 to 1830 and corresponded with Solar Cycles 4, 5, 6 & 7. Looking at this type of Temperature Drop right now as well as others the past few years one might conclude that temperature may be heading in the opposite direction of warming. It makes me wonder why the observable temperature keeps going down but we keep hearing it's getting warmer. We also keep breaking Record Cold Temperatures not by 1/10 or 1/100 of a degree but by 5 or 10 or even 30 degrees at a clip. Maybe someone is cooking the books so to speak. Just Saying.