How Much Snow Fell in Your Neighborhood? | Weather

The heavy, wet snow that dumped all day Saturday left many people shoveling out of 6-12" of the white stuff!  The highest storm total came from Maple Grove where a spotter recorded exactly a foot of snow!  Waconia, Wyoming, and Eden Prairie were next with 11"+, followed closely by Chanhassen, New Hope, Burnsville, Forest Lake, Mankato, and Amboy.

The official Saturday snow total at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 7.7", a daily record for November 13th, besting the old record of 4" set in 1997.  It was also the biggest single-day official snow tally since March 1st, 2007 when we logged 9" on a single day.  Another 0.2" of snow fell after midnight, making the official grand snow total 7.9" for the storm.

The average snowfall for an entire month of November is 10".

In sharp contrast to the foot of snow in the Northwest Metro was the mere 0.9" recorded in St. Cloud!  The storm packed a narrow band of major snow, bordered by dry air to the north and west, and warmer air (with mainly rain and mix) to the south and east.  Places like Rochester picked up more than 2" of rain from Friday to Saturday, but ended up with less than 1" of snow.

Here's a list of storm totals courtesy of the National Weather Service:

12.0" Maple Grove
11.2" Waconia
11.0" Wyoming
11.0" Eden Prairie
10.4" Chanhassen
10.1" New Hope
10.0" Forest Lake
10.0" Burnsville
10.0" Mankato
10.0" Amboy
10.0" Winnebago
10.0" Prior Lake
9.5" New Market
9.5" Vadnais Heights
9.5" North Branch
9.4" Rush City
9.2" St. Louis Park
9.0" Minneapolis
9.0" Chisago City
9.0" Minnesota Lake
8.6" Madelia
8.6" Carver
8.5" Chaska
8.5" Edina
8.3" Elk River
8.2" Inver Grove Heights
8.0" Shakopee
7.9" Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport
7.7" Afton
7.3" Bloomington
7.0" Glencoe
7.0" Woodbury
6.7" Lakeville
6.5" Rice Lake, WI
6.2" St. Paul
6.0" Farmington
5.5" Quamba
5.4" Champlin
5.0" Cumberland, WI
4.0" Mora
4.0" Clayton, WI
3.1" Hastings
3.0" Faribault
3.0" Hillman
3.0" Stillwater
2.5" Red Wing
0.9" St. Cloud

For areas in Central and Northeast MN as well as NW Wisconsin, the bulk of the snow fell last night through this morning.  Here are totals courtesy of the National Weather Service in Duluth:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
245 PM CDT SUN NOV 14 2010

...SNOWFALL TOTALS THUS FAR ACROSS THE AREA AS OF 230 PM...

THE TOTALS BELOW ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH
LOCATION. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA...SO THE TOTALS
MAY BE UPDATED LATER TODAY.

TO REPORT SNOW TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...
         CALL US AT 1-218-729-6697
         SUBMIT A REPORT THROUGH ESPOTTER
         EMAIL W-DLH.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV  /ALL LOWERCASE/

INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
11.00   7 NW DULUTH              MN  ST. LOUIS        1045 AM
11.00   HAWTHORNE                WI  DOUGLAS          0830 AM
10.90   4 S BRUNO                MN  PINE             0800 AM
10.60   5 NW DULUTH              MN  ST. LOUIS        1000 AM
                 AT THE NWS OFFICE AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT.
10.50   MAPLE                    WI  DOUGLAS          0900 AM
  9.50   POPLAR                   WI  DOUGLAS          0615 AM
  8.70   7 NW TWO HARBORS         MN  LAKE             0600 AM
  8.40   2 E ESKO                 MN  CARLTON          0900 AM
  8.20   HOLYOKE                  MN  CARLTON          0930 AM
  8.00   CLOQUET                  MN  CARLTON          0207 PM
  8.00   OULU                     WI  BAYFIELD         1100 AM
  8.00   SOUTH RANGE              WI  DOUGLAS          0830 AM
  7.80   2 E PAYNE                MN  ST. LOUIS        0817 AM
  7.60   DANBURY                  WI  BURNETT          0721 AM
  7.50   4 E ISLAND LAKE          MN  ST. LOUIS        0900 AM
  7.50   3 WNW CLOQUET            MN  CARLTON          0836 AM
  7.50   4 SW SAWYER              MN  CARLTON          0818 AM
  7.20   2 W BAYFIELD             WI  BAYFIELD         0729 AM
  7.00   11 NE GRAND MARAIS       MN  COOK             0130 PM
  7.00   3 NNW ILLGEN CITY        MN  LAKE             0950 AM
  7.00   4 W CLAM LAKE            WI  BAYFIELD         0700 AM
  6.90   CHISHOLM                 MN  ST. LOUIS        0800 AM
  6.60   SARONA                   WI  WASHBURN         1228 PM
  6.50   SAGINAW                  MN  ST. LOUIS        1110 AM
  6.50   4 N GRANTSBURG           WI  BURNETT          0930 AM
  6.20   8 S HAYWARD              WI  SAWYER           1005 AM
  6.00   CORNUCOPIA               WI  BAYFIELD         1110 AM
  6.00   7 NE HAYWARD             WI  SAWYER           0536 AM
  5.80   LUTSEN                   MN  COOK             0237 PM
  5.80   6 W TWO HARBORS          MN  ST. LOUIS        0700 AM

  5.30   2 WSW HAYWARD            WI  SAWYER           0713 AM
  5.00   5 NNE GRAND MARAIS       MN  COOK             0112 PM
  5.00   GILE                     WI  IRON             0700 AM
  4.90   3 WSW HINCKLEY           MN  PINE             0630 AM
  4.80   2 S TOWER                MN  ST. LOUIS        0730 AM
  4.80   ELY                      MN  ST. LOUIS        0700 AM
  4.70   WRENSHALL                MN  CARLTON          0950 AM
  4.60   3 E WRIGHT               MN  CARLTON          0600 AM
  4.00   20 N TOFTE               MN  COOK             0120 PM
  4.00   COTTON                   MN  ST. LOUIS        1210 PM
  4.00   GUNFLINT LAKE            MN  COOK             0700 AM
  3.60   NASHWAUK                 MN  ITASCA           0700 AM
  3.50   3 SW SNOWBANK LAKE       MN  LAKE             0126 PM
  3.50   6 SE GUNFLINT LAKE       MN  COOK             0846 AM
  3.50   12 N ISLE                MN  AITKIN           0800 AM
  3.50   EMBARRASS                MN  ST. LOUIS        0600 AM
  3.50   3 E ORR                  MN  ST. LOUIS        0600 AM
  3.00   5 S HERBSTER             WI  BAYFIELD         1100 AM
  3.00   COOK                     MN  ST. LOUIS        0600 AM
  2.50   5 SE GRAND RAPIDS        MN  ITASCA           1000 AM
  2.50   SILVER BAY               MN  LAKE             0800 AM
  2.50   GRAND RAPIDS             MN  ITASCA           0700 AM
  2.50   5 N PILLAGER             MN  CASS             0611 AM
  2.30   LITTLEFORK               MN  KOOCHICHING      0800 AM
  2.20   GURNEY                   WI  IRON             0700 AM
  2.00   5 S HERBSTER             WI  BAYFIELD         0727 AM
  2.00   BOWSTRING                MN  ITASCA           0702 AM
  2.00   BREEZY POINT             MN  CROW WING        0700 AM
  2.00   NORTHOME                 MN  KOOCHICHING      0600 AM
  1.80   7 NW BRAINERD            MN  CROW WING        0700 AM
  1.70   INTERNATIONAL FALLS      MN  KOOCHICHING      1250 PM
  1.50   3 N BRAINERD             MN  CROW WING        0900 AM
  1.50   KABETOGAMA               MN  ST. LOUIS        0700 AM
  1.10   MADELINE ISLAND          WI  ASHLAND          0735 AM
  1.00   7 ESE SUPERIOR           WI  DOUGLAS          1000 AM
  0.50   3 NE NISSWA              MN  CROW WING        0818 AM
  0.40   WEST DULUTH              MN  ST. LOUIS        0151 PM
  0.20   9 N BAYFIELD             WI  BAYFIELD         0700 AM
                 RAIN MIXING IN LIMITED ACCUMULATIONS.
  0.00   SUPERIOR                 WI  DOUGLAS          0830 AM
                 TRACE OF SNOW IN SUPERIOR. RAIN MIXING IN HAS
                 LIMITED ACCUMULATIONS.

...A FEW NOTES...

  * MANY AREAS IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AS WELL AS PINE AND CARLTON
    COUNTIES HAVE LESS SNOW CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND THAN WHAT THE STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WOULD BE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND RAIN MIXING IN AT TIMES HAVE COMPACTED THE SNOW IN THESE AREAS. UNLESS MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN EVERY FEW HOURS AND THEN ADDED UP...THE SNOW DEPTH RIGHT NOW WILL PROBABLY BE SEVERAL INCHES LOWER THAN THE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION.

  * RAIN MIXED IN OR BECAME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE
    YESTERDAY IN MANY AREAS OF LOWER ELEVATION RIGHT ALONG LAKE
    SUPERIOR. AS SUCH...ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN LIMITED IN THOSE
    AREAS.

Thanks to everyone that took the time to email weather pics and snow totals!  It made my job covering the storm that much easier!

-Chikage