Recap of snow totals as cleanup continues; Quiet and a bit cooler this weekend
Fourth highest January snowstorm total in Twin Cities weather records
Accumulating snow from our latest storm has tapered off or ended across most of Minnesota. Periods of very light snow or flurries are possible this afternoon/early evening in southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. A stray flurry is possible elsewhere in Minnesota this afternoon.
Snow totals
The official Twin Cities snow total (measured at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport) is 15.0 inches from our latest storm:
Our latest snowstorm delivered the 14th highest snowstorm total in Twin Cities weather records, which date back to 1884:
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This was the fourth-biggest January snowstorm total in Twin Cities weather records. In January of 1982, we had two really big snowstorms just two days apart. You can read more about those storms here.
Snow totals from this latest snowstorm are posted by the National Weather Service here. You can adjust the slider at the top of the linked site to get snow reports received as far back as 72 hours. That’s what I did to generate the map of snow reports received over the past few days:
You can see the highest snow totals were from southwestern Minnesota through the Twin Cities to near Duluth and into northwestern Wisconsin.
You can zoom the map at the linked site to get exact snow totals and the time of the snow measurement. Here are storm total reports received in the Twin Cities metro area:
Lakeville had the highest reported 3-day metro area snow total from this storm, with 17.7 inches.
Quiet weekend weather
We aren’t expecting any additional snow this weekend, as a high pressure system remains nearby.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the pressure pattern and the potential precipitation pattern from 6 a.m. Saturday through 6 p.m. Sunday:
You can find updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and on the MPR News live weather blog.
Weekend temps
Our average Twin Cities high temp is 24 degrees on Jan.7. We’re expecting metro area highs around 20 degrees this Saturday. Western Minnesota will see Saturday highs in the teens, with lower 20s in much of eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin:
Winds will be fairly light this weekend, so afternoon wind chill temps will be in the single-digits above zero in western Minnesota and mainly in the teens above zero elsewhere in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Sunday highs will be mainly in the 20s:
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