Tower is a city located in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

This was the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States east of the Great Plains.

Tower and the Embarrass Valley to the south are the coldest inhabited locations in the Lower 48 states, based on average winter temperatures.

[8] Tower has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with long, bitterly cold, dry winters and warm summers.

[9] Highs only reach the freezing point 18–19 days during December to February, and in combination with a seasonal snowfall of 68.7 inches or 1.74 metres, snow cover is thick and long−lasting.

Summer nights are cool despite the warm days, with the average window for freezing temperatures August 25 thru June 22.

Precipitation averages about 28.18 inches or 715.8 millimetres per year, and is concentrated in the warmer months.

[10] Tower is slightly colder than International Falls, but a half of a degree warmer overall than Embarrass.

Fortune Bay Resort and Casino is located a few miles west of Tower.

The casino is owned and operated by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa.

Tower is part of the St. Louis County school district based in Virginia, Minnesota.

45.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

31.4% were of Finnish, 13.7% Norwegian, 11.1% Swedish, 8.6% German, 6.6% Slovene and 5.8% Italian ancestry.