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Weather and Climate News
MPR News Staff

Snow and wind reports from around the region

Cars are barely visible driving in the snow.
Portland Avenue in Burnsville, Minn., had near-whiteout conditions as a winter storm picked up in intensity on Wednesday.
Chris Juhn for MPR News

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Here are the snow and wind reports from around Minnesota and neighboring states for Wednesday’s blizzard.

Strong winds caused large snowdrifts and made it a challenge to accurately measure snowfall — but these are spotter reports that were relayed by the National Weather Service as of Thursday morning. All reports are from Minnesota unless noted.

Don’t see your community listed? Here’s how to sign up to report snow totals to the National Weather Service: https://www.cocorahs.org/

  • 13 inches - Holyoke

  • 9.5 inches - Coon Rapids, East Bethel

  • 9 inches - Maple Grove, Cannon Falls

  • 8.8 inches - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

  • 8.7 inches - Richfield

  • 8.5 inches - Golden Valley; River Falls, Wis.

  • 8.2 inches - Chanhassen

Mail carrier Dennis Niles braves the blowing snow amid a blizzard.
Mail carrier Dennis Niles braves the blowing snow as blizzard-like conditions hit Osseo, Minn., on Wednesday.
Jerry Holt | Star Tribune via AP

  • 8 inches - Ramsey, Lino Lakes, Owatonna, North Branch; St. Croix Falls, Wis.

  • 7.8 inches - Otsego

  • 7.6 inches - Silver Bay, Excelsior

  • 7.5 inches - Carver, Bloomington, Roseville, Centerville

  • 7.4 inches - Plymouth, Faribault

  • 7.2 inches - Fridley

  • 7 inches - St. Paul, Cambridge, Hastings, Woodbury, Edina, New Hope, Apple Valley

  • 6.8 inches - Spring Lake, Buyck

  • 6.3 inches - Chaska

  • 6 inches - Duluth airport, Red Wing, Moose Lake, Ely, Maple Plain, Cloquet, Payne, Stillwater, Falcon Heights, Orrock, Waseca

  • 5.9 inches - Miesville

  • 5.8 inches - Prior Lake

  • 5.7 inches - Vineland

  • 5.6 inches - Nerstrand

  • 5.5 inches - Lakeville, Champlin, Mendota Heights, St. Paul Park, Le Center

  • 5.4 inches - New Ulm, Sveadahl

  • 5.3 inches - Hudson, Wis.

  • 5.2 inches - Mahtowa, Ellendale

A pile of snow in a parking lot.
A pile of snow sits in the parking lot of Burnsville Center during a winter storm Wednesday.
Chris Juhn for MPR News

  • 5 inches - Two Harbors, Mankato, Winthrop, Hovland

  • 4.7 inches - Maple Lake

  • 4.5 inches - Dennison, Coates; Brookings, S.D.

  • 4.3 inches - Spirit Lake, Iowa

  • 4 inches - Worthington, Watertown, Coleraine, Iron Junction, Little Falls, Sea Gull Lake, Windom, Bagley, Bertha, Veseli, Montgomery, Mora, Bird Island, Fergus Falls, Fairmont

  • 3.5 inches - Montevideo

  • 3.4 inches - Dassel

  • 3.3 inches - Garden City

  • 3.1 inches - St. Cloud

  • 3 inches - Melrose, Redwood Falls, Rochester, Goodhue, Fairfax

  • 2.9 inches - Rice

  • 2.5 inches - St. Joseph, Stockton, Paynesville, Pine River

  • 2.4 inches - New Prague

  • 2 inches - Dawson, Farwell, Austin, Kimball, Douglas. Long Prairie

  • 1.8 inches - Stockholm, Wis.

  • 1.5 inches - Albert Lea

  • 1.2 inches - Fargo, N.D.

  • 1 inches - La Crosse, Wis.

  • 0.8 inches - Grand Forks, N.D.

Wind reports

  • 70 mph - Grand Marais

  • 68 mph - Redwood Falls

  • 66 mph - Crystal, Silver Bay

  • 63 mph - Madison

  • 62 mph - Montevideo, Marietta

  • 61 mph - Clara City, Fairmont

  • 60 mph - Duluth harbor, Appleton, Morris

  • 58 mph - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Cloquet, Winsted, Benson

  • 57 mph - Hanska, Hanley Falls

  • 56 mph - Coon Rapids, Brainerd

  • 55 mph - Duluth airport, Willmar, Springfield

  • 54 mph - Eden Prairie, Olivia

  • 53 mph - St. Paul, New Ulm, Starbuck, Mayer

  • 52 mph - St. Cloud, Belgrade

  • 51 mph - Alexandria, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Hillman

  • 50 mph - Red Wing, New Germany