Isabella is a remote[2] unincorporated community in Stony River Township, Lake County, Minnesota, United States.
Isabella, Minnesota | |
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  Isabella Location in Minnesota  Isabella Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 47°37′02″N 91°21′18″W / 47.61722°N 91.35500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Lake |
| Township | Stony River |
| Elevation | 1,923 ft (586 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55607 |
| Area code | 218 |
| GNIS feature ID | 656721[1] |
The community is located 27 miles (43 km) north of Silver Bay, and 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Ely; at the intersection of Minnesota State Highway 1 and Forest Road 172 (Wanless Road).
Isabella is located within the Superior National Forest.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Isabella has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Isabella was 91 °F (32.8 °C) on July 3–4, 2020, while the coldest temperature recorded was −42 °F (−41.1 °C) on January 27, 2019 and January 31, 2019.[3]
| Climate data for Isabella, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 2009–2020 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 41 (5) | 56 (13) | 72 (22) | 75 (24) | 88 (31) | 88 (31) | 91 (33) | 88 (31) | 84 (29) | 79 (26) | 67 (19) | 46 (8) | 91 (33) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 16.1 (−8.8) | 21.7 (−5.7) | 34.3 (1.3) | 47.8 (8.8) | 62.7 (17.1) | 71.4 (21.9) | 76.2 (24.6) | 74.8 (23.8) | 65.0 (18.3) | 50.2 (10.1) | 34.0 (1.1) | 21.9 (−5.6) | 48.0 (8.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 5.5 (−14.7) | 9.2 (−12.7) | 22.7 (−5.2) | 36.5 (2.5) | 50.6 (10.3) | 59.9 (15.5) | 64.5 (18.1) | 62.8 (17.1) | 54.2 (12.3) | 41.0 (5.0) | 26.4 (−3.1) | 13.0 (−10.6) | 37.2 (2.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −5.2 (−20.7) | −3.3 (−19.6) | 11.0 (−11.7) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 38.5 (3.6) | 48.4 (9.1) | 52.8 (11.6) | 50.7 (10.4) | 43.4 (6.3) | 31.8 (−0.1) | 18.7 (−7.4) | 4.1 (−15.5) | 26.3 (−3.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −42 (−41) | −40 (−40) | −35 (−37) | −10 (−23) | 17 (−8) | 27 (−3) | 28 (−2) | 25 (−4) | 18 (−8) | 12 (−11) | −21 (−29) | −42 (−41) | −42 (−41) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.94 (24) | 0.87 (22) | 1.54 (39) | 2.08 (53) | 3.17 (81) | 4.26 (108) | 4.06 (103) | 3.27 (83) | 3.54 (90) | 3.10 (79) | 1.91 (49) | 1.21 (31) | 29.95 (762) |
| Source 1: NOAA[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[3] | |||||||||||||
