It begins: Measurable snowfall season underway for much of Minnesota
Earliest measurable snow in 4 years for the Twin Cities
Winter is coming.
That was the clear message from the atmosphere over Minnesota Friday morning. Periods of snow showers fell as expected from around the Twin Cities northward overnight Thursday into Friday morning.
This was the earliest measurable snow in four years in the Twin Cities, since Oct. 14, 2018. It’s about two weeks earlier than the typical average in early November.
Snowfall reports are trickling in through the midday hours. Duluth picked up 2 inches of fresh mid-October snowfall. That set a new daily snowfall record for Oct. 14.
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Snowfall reports of between 1 and 3 inches are fairly common across northern Minnesota.
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport picked up four-tenths of an inch (.4) of snow Friday morning.
Many northern suburbs picked up around an inch.
The snow disappeared across most of the Twin Cities by early afternoon. Temperatures will moderate a bit Saturday with highs in the 50s in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota.
