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the fourth biggest January snowfall since record-keeping began

, snow reports have many locations recording over a foot of snow throughout the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. 

We’ve got a roundup of snow totals reported by the National Weather Service, based on reports submitted by snow spotters across Minnesota and neighboring states, as of 1:35 p.m. Thursday. 

After the storm started Tuesday with an intense burst of heavy snow and freezing rain, snowfall continued Wednesday and into early morning hours Thursday. 

The Twin Cities airport officially recorded 15 inches of snow, but the highest recorded total for the state is just south the Twin Cities in Lakeville, with a report of 17.7 inches. Second place is Pleasant Lake, south of St. Cloud, at 17.5 inches. Savage took third with a reported 16.7 inches of snow on the ground.

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Minnesota News

Weather and Climate News

Matt Mikus

Author

We’ve got a roundup of snow totals reported by the National Weather Service, based on reports submitted by snow spotters across Minnesota and neighboring states, as of 10 a.m. Thursday.

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