Halloween snow dumps some heavy totals west and north of the Twin Cities
A messy Halloween snow hits much of eastern Minnesota.
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Our well-advertised Halloween snow system dumped some impressive snowfall totals so far in parts of central and eastern Minnesota.
Some of the heaviest snow bands set up west and north of the Twin Cities. Check out this shot from near Monticello.
The messy system produced intense snowfall rates especially west of the Twin Cities Thursday afternoon.
Rain changed to snow across the Twin Cities early Thursday afternoon.
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Roads in the Twin Cities have been mostly wet with temperatures above freezing and warm pavement.
Here are some preliminary snowfall totals with snow still falling as of this post time.
Winthrop [Sibley Co, MN] Trained Spotter reports Snow of 4.00 Inch at 1:45 PM CDT --
4 NNE Maple Lake [Wright Co, MN] Public reports Snow of 3.50 Inch at 11:30 AM CDT -- Areas of 3 to 4 inches near Maple Lake. Numerous downed branches and power outages reported. Still snowing. Photo report via X.
2 SE Buffalo [Wright Co, MN] Public reports Snow of 3.00 Inch at 11:45 AM CDT -- Still snowing. Photo report via X.
Dalbo [Isanti Co, MN] Public reports Snow of 2.50 Inch at 11:00 AM CDT -- Areas of 2 to 3 inches near Dalbo. Still snowing. Photo report via Facebook.
St. Bonifacius [Hennepin Co, MN] Public reports Snow of 2.00 Inch at 11:40 AM CDT -- Report via Facebook.
Expect snow to taper off late this afternoon into this evening. Trick-or-treat temps will be in the chilly 30s in most areas this evening.
Happy Halloween!