Snow and wind reports from across Minnesota
Feb 24, 2019 03:16PM ● By Editor
A truck is seen stranded in snowdrifts along Interstate 90 near Welcome, Minn., on Sunday morning, Feb. 24, 2019, in an image from a MnDOT snowplow camera. Photo: Minnesota Department of Transportation
By Andrew Krueger of Minnesota Public Radio News - February 24, 2019
13.5 inches — Rochester 13 inches — Kasson 12.5 inches — Zumbro Falls 12 inches — Lewiston, Minnesota City, Chatfield, Kellogg 11.5 inches — Hayfield 11 inches — Wabasha, Ellendale, Douglas 10.5 inches — Rushford, Stewartville, Austin 10.3 inches — Chester 10 inches — Winona, Predmore 9.8 inches — Peterson 9.7 inches — Wykoff 8 inches — Red Wing 7.6 inches — Vasa 7.2 inches — Bricelyn 7 inches — Nerstrand 5.5 inches — Caledonia 5.2 inches — Miesville 5 inches — Mabel, Owatonna, Montgomery 4.4 inches — Hokah 4 inches — Houston, Rosemount, Waseca, Kabetogama 3.5 inches — Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport 3.4 inches — Stacy, Grand Marais 3.3 inches — North Branch 3.1 inches — Richfield 3 inches — Apple Valley, Mankato, Winnebago 2.9 inches — Hastings, Mendota Heights 2.6 inches — New Prague 2.5 inches — Le Center, Shakopee, Mound, Cook 2 inches — Golden Valley, Minneapolis, Watertown, Stillwater 55 mph — New Ulm, Clara City 54 mph — Redwood Falls, Baudette, Rochester 52 mph — Willmar, Fairmont 51 mph — Ellendale 49 mph — Alexandria, Benson, Mankato, Blue Earth, Waseca, Kellogg 48 mph — Eden Prairie, St. Cloud, Morris, Park Rapids, Stewartville 47 mph — Sauk Centre, Crystal, Detroit Lakes, Thief River Falls, Worthington 46 mph — Cannon Falls, Litchfield, Owatonna, Madelia, Crookston 45 mph — Granite Falls, Fergus Falls, Moorhead, Warroad 44 mph — Duluth airport 43 mph — Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Red Wing
By Andrew Krueger of Minnesota Public Radio News - February 24, 2019
Here are listings of snow and wind reports from across Minnesota, as relayed by National Weather Service offices as of 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
While snow totals outside of southeast Minnesota are not particularly heavy, the gusty northwest winds have created significant snowdrifts along rural highways.
• Difficult travel: Interstates closed, dozens of stranded drivers rescued amid blizzard conditions
February 2019 is now not just the snowiest February on record in the Twin Cities — but also the sixth-snowiest month overall on record for the metro area; records go back to 1884.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport has received 35.7 inches of snow so far in February, compared to 7.7 inches for an average February.
The snowiest month on record for the Twin Cities is 46.9 inches in November 1991.
