Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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It turns out our big sloppy March storm set a new daily snowfall record at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Sunday — a heavy, wet 8.2 inches. The previous record for March 24 was 6.8 inches set in 1996. 

Snowfall reports are still trickling in Monday afternoon. Overall, about 6 to 12 inches of snow fell across the greater Twin Cities area. Snowfall totals up north have exceeded a foot in many locations.

, in inches, as of early Monday afternoon:

Winter storm and blizzard warnings continue for much of northern Minnesota into Tuesday. 

Several more inches of snow and high winds are still to come across northern Minnesota. 

You can see on the map at the top of this post projected snowfall totals from 7 a.m. Monday through 7 p.m. Tuesday. So part of this snow has already fallen.

 continue for much of northern Minnesota. 

In the Twin Cities, rain will continue Monday but change back to snow Tuesday. We could pick up another inch or two on the backside of the system on Tuesday.

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Paul Huttner

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More than a foot of snow has fallen across much of central and northern Minnesota so far. 

Storm delivers record snowfall at MSP; blizzard and winter storm warnings continue north

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