How much snow did we get in this storm? Reports from across Minnesota

Cars parked along the street in a snowy field.
Cars parked along 27th Avenue West are covered in snow as seen Tuesday in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Duluth.
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Updated March 27, 11:10 a.m. | Posted March 26, 9:45 a.m.

A multi-day winter storm continued to drop heavy snow on parts of Minnesota on Tuesday.

Official snowfall totals over the long weekend storm into early Wednesday include:

  • Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport: 12.1 inches

  • Duluth Airport: 16.9 inches

  • International Falls: 9.1 inches

  • Chanhassen: 12.1 inches

  • Rochester: 6.1 inches

Here are snowfall totals from around Minnesota and neighboring states, as reported to the National Weather Service from Saturday evening through 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Snowfall reports are provided by various sources and recorded throughout the storm, so these are not necessarily final totals. All reports are from Minnesota unless noted.

  • 22.8 inches — Casino (Cass County)

  • 21.6 inches — Duluth (Gary-New Duluth neighborhood)

  • 21.2 inches — Two Harbors (7 miles NNW)

  • 21 inches — Duluth (3 miles NNE)

  • 20.5 inches — Brainerd

A vehicle plows West 3rd Street
A vehicle plows West 3rd Street Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Duluth, Minn.
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  • 19 inches — West Duluth

  • 18.4 inches — East Gull Lake

  • 18 inches — Lake Shore

  • 17.8 inches — Pine River

  • 17.5 inches — Cloquet, Two Harbors (2 miles NW)

  • 17.3 inches — Hermantown

  • 17 inches — Lester Park

  • 16.6 inches — Holyoke

    A person clears snow from a car in front of row houses
    Trevor Rosengren brushes off his Tesla during a winter storm in Minneapolis on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
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  • 16.5 inches — Baxter, Sandstone, Silver Bay

  • 16.3 inches — Wright

  • 15.4 inches — Mahtowa, St. Mathias

  • 15.3 inches — Fond Du Lac, Merrifield

  • 15.2 inches - Fredenberg

  • 15 inches — Rice Lake, Taft, Pine Knoll, Gowan

  • 14.8 inches — Finland

  • 14.3 inches — Esko, Ely

  • 14 inches — Babbitt, Sea Gull Lake, Island Lake

  • 13.9 inches — Knife River

  • 13.8 inches — Kabetogama

Landscape on a snowy day
Winter conditions cover the shoreline of Pelican Lake, which remains primarily unfrozen, during a storm in Merrifield, Minnesota on Sunday, March 24.
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  • 13.7 — Crosby

  • 13.5 inches — Nisswa, Leonidas

  • 13.4 inches — Fort Ripley

  • 13.3 inches — Libby

  • 13.1 inches — Chisholm

  • 13 inches — Lennox, Cloverdale, Celina

  • 12.9 inches — Floodwood, Brimson

  • 12.8 inches — Duquette

  • 12.5 inches — Tamarack

  • 12.3 inches — Moose Lake

  • 12.1 inches — Chanhassen

  • 12 inches — Gowan; Foxboro, Wis.

  • 11.9 inches — Sturgeon Lake

Two small children walk in the snow
Laela Lorenzo, 7, holds an umbrella for her and her brother Milo Lorenzo, 3, as the two walked home in a snowstorm in Marshall, Minn. Laela said she wanted to use the umbrella because the storm was a little bit snow and a little bit rain.
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  • 11.8 inches — Oshawa

  • 11.7 — International Falls (1 mile NW)

  • 11.6 inches — Superior, Wis., Northome

  • 11.5 inches — Lutsen, Sandstone, Willow River

  • 11.1 inches — Orr

  • 11 inches — Breezy Point, Hovland, Winton, Days High Landing, Robinson, Little Pine

  • 10.7 inches — Jenkins

  • 10.5 — Hoyt Lakes

  • 10.3 inches — Pine City, Palisade

  • 10.2 inches — Wadena

  • 10.1 inches — Warba

A person snow showeling
Matt Peterson with his daughters Addison Peterson, 8, and Emery Peterson, 6, shovel their sidewalk along West 6th Street Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in the Lincoln Park neighborhood in Duluth, Minn. Duluth is under a winter storm warning experiencing record-level snowfall of around 15 inches and as of Tuesday morning.
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  • 10 inches — Deer Creek, Henning, Underwood, Harris, Shaw, Sebeka

  • 9.8 inches — Libby, Balaton

  • 9.5 inches — Grand Marais, McGrath, Mosinee, Snow Bank Lake

  • 9.3 inches — Federal Dam, Silica

  • 9 inches — Bowlus, Battle Lake

  • 8.8 inches — Tower, Fergus Falls

  • 8.7 inches — Wales, Taconite

  • 8.6 inches — Grantsburg, Wis.

  • 8.5 inches — Motley, Scanlon, Bigfork, Marshall, Cook

  • 8 inches — Hackensack, Tracy, Ortonville

A person walks
A person braves the storm in Canal Park Tuesday, March 26, 2024 in Duluth, Minn. Duluth is under a winter storm warning experiencing record-level snowfall of around 15 inches and as of Tuesday morning.
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  • 7.7 inches — Ashby

  • 7.6 inches — Bird Island

  • 7.5 inches — Biwabik, Sawbill Lake

  • 7.4 inches — St. Stephen; Lake Nebagamon, Wis.

  • 7.2 inches — Grand Rapids, Mora, Marcell

  • 7 inches — Embarrass, Keewatin, Roosevelt, Hinkley

  • 6.9 inches — Pelland

  • 6 inches — Cohasset

  • 5.9 inches — Coleraine

  • 5.8 inches — Sea Gull Lake, Zemple

  • 5.7 inches — Maple Grove

  • 5 inches — Pipestone, Garfield, Shorewood

  • 4.6 inches — Plymouth, Brooklyn Center

  • 4.5 inches — Hayes Lake, Chisago City

  • 4.4 inches — Stillwater

Three teenagers pose for a photo in the snow
From left, Peter Butterfly, 15, Jasmine McCloskey, 16, and Taurus Grantham, 15, stop for a portrait while walking home in Marshall, Minn.,as heavy snow continued to fall through Monday afternoon on March 25, 2024.
Jackson Forderer for MPR News
  • 4.1 inches — Coon Rapids

  • 4 inches — Paynesville, Woodbury

  • 3.6 inches — Columbia Heights

  • 3.5 inches — Lake Lillian, Maple Plain, Worthington, Richfield, New Hope, Milaca

  • 3.4 inches — Clear Lake

  • 3.3 inches — Victoria, Eagan

  • 3.2 inches — Falcon Heights

  • 3 inches — Little Falls, St. Augusta, St. Joseph, Savage

  • 2.8 inches — Rice

  • 2.6 inches — Prior Lake, Lilydale

  • 2.5 inches — Bloomington, Apple Valley, Vadnais Heights

  • 2.4 inches — Carver

  • 2.3 inches — Elk River

  • 2 inches — Excelsior, Melrose, Anoka

  • 1.8 inches — Dundas

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