January 1912 was the seventh-coldest January on record in the contiguous U.S. The states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota had their coldest Januaries on record. Minneapolis/Saint Paul endured a record-setting 186 consecutive hours of below temperatures, from 8 pm on December 31 until 1 pm on January 8. After only four hours above 0 °F, the temperature again dropped below zero, this time for 121 consecutive hours, until 10 am on January 13. Sioux Falls, South Dakota dropped to on January 12, which is the city's second-lowest temperature during its 1893 through 2017 period of record.