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Here’s how much snow has fallen in Minnesota so far

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Two trumpeter swans float in an open patch of water amid freezing temperatures on Lake Harriet on Tuesday in Minneapolis.
Kerem Yücel | MPR News

We saw a whole mess of weather with our most recent winter storm — snow, sleet and freezing rain.

Dozens of Minnesota school districts delayed the start of classes Wednesday, and the Minnesota State Patrol reported more than 550 crashes and spinouts on state highways between noon Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday — including at least one fatal crash.

There’s a chance for more snow on Thursday, but let’s appreciate how much we got so far.

Here’s the latest recorded totals of snowfall across Minnesota and in neighboring states, based on reports from weather watchers to the National Weather Service.

  • 11 inches — Grand Forks, N.D.; Menahga

  • 10.5 inches — Nevis, Naytahwaush

  • 10 inches — Grafton, N.D.

  • 9 inches — Vergas, Park Rapids, Oslo, Warren

  • 8.9 inches — Mallory

  • 8.5 inches — Lake Itasca

  • 8.1 inches — Jenkins

  • 8 inches — Gonvick Bejou, Karlstad, Thief River Falls, Park Rapids, Hackensack, Two Inlets, East Grand Forks, Niagara, N.D.;

  • 7.8 inches — Fertile

  • 7 inches — Ottertail, Deerwood, Rossburg, Motley, Bock, Erskine, Hinckley, Willow River, Auburndale, Coon Rapids, Bock, Ottertail

  • 6.9 inches — Grandy

  • 6.8 inches — Rudolph, Wis.; Willard, Wis.; Ramsey, Shevlin

  • 6.7 inches — Plover, Wis.

  • 6.6 inches — Little Falls

  • 6.5 inches — Neillsville, Wis.; Pembina, N.D.; Faulkner Township, N.D.; Greenville, Wis.; Menomonie, Wis.; Chili, Wis.; Crosby; Menahga; Park Rapids

  • 6.3 inches — Walker, St. Mathias, Deer Creek

  • 6.3 inches — Blaine, Wis.

  • 6.2 inches — Libby, Nowthen

  • 6 inches — Friesland; Vesper, Wis.; Pillager; Lengby; White Lake, Wis.; Crookston; Twin Valley; Pillager; Cass Lake; Wabedo; Inguadona; Fort Ripley; New Hope; Long Lake; St. Augusta; Princeton; Zimmerman; Isanti; Kimball; Detroit Lakes; New York Mills; Ashby;

  • 5.9 inches — Eau Claire, Wis.; Pelican Rapids; Woodbury

  • 5.8 inches — Otsego; Tamarack; Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; Pontoria, West Duluth, Federal Dam, Cuyuna, Oak Grove, East Bethel, St. Paul Park, Fridley, Champlin, Greenfield, Chisago City

  • 5.7 inches — Cottage Grove, Corcoran, Fergus Falls

  • 5.6 inches — St. Cloud Airport, Forest Lake, Cormorant

  • 5.5 inches — Sarona, Wis; Ulen; Frazee; Sugar Bush, Wis.; Mcgrath, Casino, Stillwater, Marine on St. Croix, Grant, White Bear Lake, Roseville, Brooklyn Park, Rush City, Orrok, Lindstrom, Ulen, Wadena

  • 5.4 inches — Wild Rose, Wis.; Appleton Wis.; Millhome, Wis.; Webb Lake, Wis.; River Falls, Wis.

  • 5.3 inches — Maple Grove, Golden Valley, St. Stephen, Falcon Heights

  • 5.2 inches — Brainerd, Baxter, Monticello, Big Lake, Chaska, Farmington, Harris, Long Prairie

  • 5.1 inches — Maple Bay, Anoka, Burnsville, Cambridge

  • 5 inches — Mora, Alexandria, Staples Airport, Devils Lake, N.D.; Merrillan, Wis.; Stevens Point, Wis.; Osseo, Wis.; Altoona, Wis.; Arkdale, Wis.; Elk Creek, Wis.; Gonvick, Shelly, Moorhead, Bayport, Edina, Plymouth, Montrose, Rice, Albany, St. Joseph, Brandon

  • 4.9 inches — Pine City, Mendota, Waite Park,

  • 4.8 inches — Rosemount, Rollag

  • 4.7 inches — Moose Lake

  • 4.6 inches — Richfield, Lilydale

  • 4.5 inches — Finlayson, Bemidji, St. Stephen, St. Cloud, Melrose, Wis.; Osseo, Wis; Coates, North Branch, Paynesville, Westbury, Richville, Hoffman

  • 4.4 inches — Wausau, Wis.; Osakis

  • 4.3 inches — Duxbury, Fargo, N.D.; Turtle River, Eagan, Erdahl

  • 4.2 inches — Nutterville, Wis.; De Pere, Wis.; Melvina, Wis.; Dorchester, Wis.; Lancaster, Victoria, Watertown, Maple Plain

  • 4.1 inches — Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport

  • 4 inches — Duquette; Wright; Tomah, Wis.; Sparta, Wis.; Mayville, Wis.; Waukau, Wis.; Dumfries, Shorewood, Lakeville, Cannon Falls, Upsala, Lawndale, Muskoda

  • 3.8 inches — Holyoke; Gowan; Bloomington; Hawthorne, Wis.; Solon Springs, Wis.; Darboy Wis.; Hartford, Wis.; Minnetonka, Minnestrista

  • 3.6 inches — Kerrick, Theilman, Apple Valley

  • 3.5 inches — Days High Landing; Chanhassen; Phillips, Wis.; Onalaska, Wis.; Gary New Duluth, Credit River

  • 3.4 inches — Buffalo, Evergreen, Wis.; Holmen, Wis.

  • 3.2 inches — Butternut, Wis.; Sabin, Dassel, Pennock

  • 3.1 inches — Prior Lake

  • 3 inches — Fond Du Lac; Rochester; Hayward, Wis.; Seeley, Wis.; Clam Lake, Wis.; Superior, Wis.; Oconomowoc, Wis.; Lake Bronson, Oakdale, St. Bonifacius, Savage, Zumbrota

  • 2.9 inches — Cloquet

  • 2.8 inches — Minneiska; Onalaska, Wis., Nerstrand

  • 2.5 inches — Winona, Dakota, Plato, Mazeppa

  • 2.4 inches — Rhinelander, Wis.

  • 2.3 inches — Douglas; Reeseville, Wis.; La Crosse, Wis.; St. Joseph, Wis.; Floodwood

  • 2.2 inches — La Crosse, Wis.

  • 2.1 inches — Lester Park

  • 2 inches — Viola

  • 1.6 inches — Byron; Sullivan, Wis.