How much snow did we get? Reports from around Minnesota are in
Updated: 1:35 p.m.
With the fourth biggest January snowfall since record-keeping began, snow reports have many locations recording over a foot of snow throughout the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota.
We’ve got a roundup of snow totals reported by the National Weather Service, based on reports submitted by snow spotters across Minnesota and neighboring states, as of 1:35 p.m. Thursday.
After the storm started Tuesday with an intense burst of heavy snow and freezing rain, snowfall continued Wednesday and into early morning hours Thursday.
The Twin Cities airport officially recorded 15 inches of snow, but the highest recorded total for the state is just south the Twin Cities in Lakeville, with a report of 17.7 inches. Second place is Pleasant Lake, south of St. Cloud, at 17.5 inches. Savage took third with a reported 16.7 inches of snow on the ground.
17.7 inches — Lakeville
17.5 inches — Pleasant Lake
16.7 inches — Savage
16.5 inches — Apple Valley
16 inches — Prior Lake
15.7 inches — Mendota Heights
15.4 inches — Hopkins
15.3 inches — Bloomington
15.1 inches — Victoria, Chanhassen
15 inches — Stillwater, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
14.9 inches — Mahtowa, Maple Lake
14.8 inches — Newport
14.5 inches — Raymond, Pleasant Valley
14.3 inches — Northfield
14.2 inches — Columbia Heights, Richfield
Snow covers a swingset in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on Wednesday.Ben Hovland | MPR News14 inches — Coon Rapids, Blaine, Burnsville, Barnum
13.8 inches — St. Cloud
13.5 inches — West St. Paul
13 inches — Shoreview, Elko New Market
12.9 inches — Montrose
12.5 inches — Otsego
12.1 inches — Oak Grove
11 inches — Moose Lake, Becker
9 inches — Wright
8.5 inches — Duluth
7.5 inches — Crosslake
5.2 inches — Hermantown
3.8 inches — Browns Valley
2 inches — Rochester, Stewartville
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