How much snow? The storm strength on Thursday was spread across Minnesota
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How much snow? The storm strength on Thursday was spread across Minnesota

Posted on by Amelia Pressman

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

That meant difficult travel on highways throughout the region, a busy day for snowplow drivers – and a chance for winter fans to have fun in the fresh powder.

Here are the latest snowfall reports from across Minnesota and neighboring states as provided 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, Wisconsin.

  • 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” – Kellogg, New Prague, La Crescent; Buffalo, Wisconsin; Mayville, N.D

    A man shovels the sidewalk

    Grant Rowh shovels the sidewalk in the Merriam Park neighborhood of St. Paul on Thursday during a winter storm.

    Ben Hovland | MPR News

  • 6.9 inches – Dassel

  • 6.8 inches – Hager City, Wisconsin.

  • 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, Wisconsin.

  • 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, Wisconsin.

  • 4.6 inches – Deer Creek

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

  • 4.3 inches – Grand Forks, ND

  • 4.1 inches – Large 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 – Plunderer, 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 inch – Warroad

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