Winter wonderland: Widespread snow cover now, Christmas week thaw
Highs in the 30s next week; pretty good travel weather
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Our Thursday storm finally graced Minnesota with a proper coating of winter white.
Here are some updated final snowfall totals from the system, in inches:
Faribault, 8.9
Bird Island, 8.7
Elko New Market, 8.3
Northfield, 8.1
NE Rochester, 8
St. Peter, 7.8
Shorewood, 7.5
New Prague, 7.4
Oakdale, Winthrop, 7.2
Carver County, 6.57
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, 5.5
The 5.5 inches of snowfall at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport brings our season snowfall total up to 8.1 inches so far. That’s still about 7 inches below the average of 15.2 inches to date.
Classic winter weekend
The first weekend of astronomical winter will feel classic. Highs on Saturday will run in the teens north to 20s south.
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By Sunday highs will reach the lower 30s south.
Christmas week thaw
It will still be cold enough to keep our snow cover around for a white Christmas over most of Minnesota, but highs will begin to warm through the 30s next week. Travel weather looks good overall.
By Christmas Day, highs will be well into the 30s.
Some forecast models show highs near 40 degrees late next week with a chance for rain next Friday!
Our extended thaw could last into the final days of 2024.
Happy holidays everyone and thanks for your support of the MPR News weather team this year!