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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Paul Huttner

Soaker: Here are some rainfall totals for Minnesota

Latest U.S. Drought Monitor for Minnesota shows much of southwest Minnesota now drought-free.

Rainfall totals
Rainfall totals Thursday.
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This kind of rain is just what the weather doctor ordered.

Thursday brought just the kind of steady soaking rains Minnesota needs to recharge soils before free-up this fall.

Thursday’s Updated U.S. Drought Monitor for Minnesota does not include Thursday’s rainfall. It shows most of southwest Minnesota is drought-free. Most of Minnesota has seen improvement in drought categories over the past 90 days. Extreme drought lingers over parts of northern Minnesota.

U.S. Drought Monitor for Minnesota
U.S. Drought Monitor for Minnesota.
USDA/UNL

Soaking rains

Rainfall totals are impressive for much of central Minnesota. A huge swath of over an inch of rain fell from Bemidji through southwest Minnesota. Here are some select (preliminary) rainfall totals.

  • Brainerd 1.2 inches

  • Bemidji 1.3 inches

  • Glencoe 1.5 inches

  • Hutchinson 1.6 inches

  • New Ulm 1.76 inches

  • Sleepy Eye 1.85 inches

Around the Twin Cities, most locations report between .5 and 1 inches of rainfall.

  • St. Paul Airport .57 inches

  • MSP Airport .79 inches

  • Victoria .84 inches

Rainfall totals are lowest in northeast Minnesota with this system. Most areas picked up less than .1 inches of rain.

Here’s a link to check rainfall totals across Minnesota.