How much snow? Thursday storm totals from across Minnesota

Parts of Minnesota received more than a half-foot of snow from Thursday’s winter storm. For much of the state, it was the largest snowfall of the winter so far.

That meant difficult travel on highways across the region, a busy day for snowplow drivers -- and a chance for fans of winter to have some fun in the fresh, powdery snow.

Here are final snowfall reports from across Minnesota and neighboring states, as relayed by the National Weather Service:

• 8.9 inches — Faribault

• 8.7 inches — Bird Island

• 8.5 inches — Blakely

• 8.3 inches — Elko New Market

• 8.1 inches — Northfield, Credit River

• 8 inches — Le Center, Holt; Arcadia, Wis.

• 7.9 inches — Henderson

• 7.8 inches — St. Peter

• 7.7 inches — Oronoco

• 7.5 inches — Montgomery, Shorewood, Brownton

• 7.4 inches — New Prague

• 7.2 inches — Dennison, Winthrop, Oakdale, Kasota

• 7.1 inches — Welch, Independence, Douglas

• 7 inches — Kellogg, New Prague, La Crescent; Buffalo, Wis.; Mayville, N.D.

  

• 6.9 inches — Dassel

• 6.8 inches — Hager City, Wis.

• 6.7 inches — Zumbrota, Plato, Carver, Chaska, Cannon Falls, Vadnais Heights

• 6.6 inches — Chanhassen

• 6.5 inches — Shoreview, Minneota, Apple Valley, Brandon, Frazee, Victoria; La Crosse, Wis.

• 6.4 inches — Hastings, Shakopee

• 6.3 inches — Newport, St. Paul Park, Cottonwood; Alma, Wis.

• 6.2 inches — Minnesota City

• 6.1 inches — Nerstrand, Coon Rapids, Richfield, Minnetonka, Prior Lake, Heidelberg

• 6 inches — Dakota, Richmond, Benson, White Bear Lake, Wadena, Ulen, Red Wing, Millville, Edina, Eagan, Minnetrista; Onalaska, Wis.; Hillsboro, N.D.

• 5.9 inches — Rochester

• 5.8 inches — Woodbury, Twin Valley

• 5.6 inches — Delano

• 5.5 inches — Gibbon

• 5.4 inches — New Ulm

• 5.3 inches — Mankato

• 5.2 inches — Owatonna, Waseca

• 5.1 inches — Columbia Heights

• 5 inches — Lucan, Stockton, Maple Plain, Lester Prairie, St. Michael, Melrose, Osakis, Mahnomen, Detroit Lakes

• 4.8 inches — River Falls, Wis.

• 4.6 inches — Deer Creek

• 4.5 inches — Stillwater, Harmony, St. Stephen, Dunvilla

• 4.3 inches — Grand Forks, N.D.

• 4.1 inches — Big Lake

• 4 inches — Little Falls, St. Cloud, Hackensack, Garfield; Fargo, N.D.

• 3.7 inches — Milaca, Park Rapids

• 3.5 inches — Austin, Albert Lea, Marble

• 3.4 inches — Pillager, Zemple

• 3.2 inches — Clarks Grove, Elk River

• 3 inches — Bemidji, Westbury, Knife River, Tamarack, Breckenridge

• 2.6 inches — Kerrick

• 2.5 inches — Duluth, Lamberton, Cass Lake, Cloquet

• 2.4 inches — Walker

• 2.2 inches — Coleraine

• 2 inches — Nisswa, Brainerd

• 1.8 inches — Mahtowa

• 1.3 inches — Warroad

• Frosty winter solstice ahead
• Chilly Friday and Saturday, then a mild week ahead
• Snow emergencies remain in effect for St. Paul, Minneapolis