Snow and wind reports from around the region

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Here are the snow and wind reports from around Minnesota and neighboring states for Wednesday’s blizzard.
Strong winds caused large snowdrifts and made it a challenge to accurately measure snowfall — but these are spotter reports that were relayed by the National Weather Service as of Thursday morning. All reports are from Minnesota unless noted.
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13 inches - Holyoke
9.5 inches - Coon Rapids, East Bethel
9 inches - Maple Grove, Cannon Falls
8.8 inches - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
8.7 inches - Richfield
8.5 inches - Golden Valley; River Falls, Wis.
8.2 inches - Chanhassen

8 inches - Ramsey, Lino Lakes, Owatonna, North Branch; St. Croix Falls, Wis.
7.8 inches - Otsego
7.6 inches - Silver Bay, Excelsior
7.5 inches - Carver, Bloomington, Roseville, Centerville
7.4 inches - Plymouth, Faribault
7.2 inches - Fridley
7 inches - St. Paul, Cambridge, Hastings, Woodbury, Edina, New Hope, Apple Valley
6.8 inches - Spring Lake, Buyck
6.3 inches - Chaska
6 inches - Duluth airport, Red Wing, Moose Lake, Ely, Maple Plain, Cloquet, Payne, Stillwater, Falcon Heights, Orrock, Waseca
5.9 inches - Miesville
5.8 inches - Prior Lake
5.7 inches - Vineland
5.6 inches - Nerstrand
5.5 inches - Lakeville, Champlin, Mendota Heights, St. Paul Park, Le Center
5.4 inches - New Ulm, Sveadahl
5.3 inches - Hudson, Wis.
5.2 inches - Mahtowa, Ellendale

5 inches - Two Harbors, Mankato, Winthrop, Hovland
4.7 inches - Maple Lake
4.5 inches - Dennison, Coates; Brookings, S.D.
4.3 inches - Spirit Lake, Iowa
4 inches - Worthington, Watertown, Coleraine, Iron Junction, Little Falls, Sea Gull Lake, Windom, Bagley, Bertha, Veseli, Montgomery, Mora, Bird Island, Fergus Falls, Fairmont
3.5 inches - Montevideo
3.4 inches - Dassel
3.3 inches - Garden City
3.1 inches - St. Cloud
3 inches - Melrose, Redwood Falls, Rochester, Goodhue, Fairfax
2.9 inches - Rice
2.5 inches - St. Joseph, Stockton, Paynesville, Pine River
2.4 inches - New Prague
2 inches - Dawson, Farwell, Austin, Kimball, Douglas. Long Prairie
1.8 inches - Stockholm, Wis.
1.5 inches - Albert Lea
1.2 inches - Fargo, N.D.
1 inches - La Crosse, Wis.
0.8 inches - Grand Forks, N.D.
Wind reports
70 mph - Grand Marais
68 mph - Redwood Falls
66 mph - Crystal, Silver Bay
63 mph - Madison
62 mph - Montevideo, Marietta
61 mph - Clara City, Fairmont
60 mph - Duluth harbor, Appleton, Morris
58 mph - Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Cloquet, Winsted, Benson
57 mph - Hanska, Hanley Falls
56 mph - Coon Rapids, Brainerd
55 mph - Duluth airport, Willmar, Springfield
54 mph - Eden Prairie, Olivia
53 mph - St. Paul, New Ulm, Starbuck, Mayer
52 mph - St. Cloud, Belgrade
51 mph - Alexandria, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Hillman
50 mph - Red Wing, New Germany
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