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Matt Mikus
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Here's how much snow fell in Minnesota

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Mike Taylor, 47, a Duluth's Best Bread employee, shovels outside of the bakery Wednesday in Duluth. "I've been out here since 5 a.m.," Taylor said at around 9:30 in the morning. A blizzard warning is in effect for St. Louis and Carlton counties along the North Shore through noon of Thursday, Feb. 19 according to the National Weather Service. Up to 12 inches are expected in this region with wind gusts up 60 miles per hour.
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Parts of the North Shore will be digging out from close to 3 feet of wind-whipped snow on Thursday.

The top snowfall total award goes to Hovland on the North Shore, which recorded 40.4 inches of snow around 7 a.m. Friday. That’s the total over three days.

Here’s how much snowfall has been recorded and submitted to the National Weather Service from weather watchers across the state.

  • 40.4 inches — Hovland (72-hour total through 7 a.m. Friday)

  • 29.2 inches — Finland

  • 25.6 inches — Lutsen

  • 24 inches — Silver Bay

  • 21.2 inches — Wales

  • 20 inches — Grand Marais, Little Marais

  • 18 inches — Two Harbors

  • 16.7 inches — Brimson

  • 14 inches — Devils Lake, N.D.

  • 13 inches — Two Harbors

  • 12.6 inches — Castle Danger, Scanlon

  • 11.7 inches — Holyoke

  • 11.6 inches — Duluth

  • 11 inches — French River, Cornucopia, Wis.

  • 10.8 inches — Chisholm

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Mason Bacso, 37, shovels snow on the sidewalk outside of his home during a winter storm Wednesday in Duluth.
Erica Dischino for MPR News

  • 10.4 inches — Taft

  • 10 inches — Kelly Lake, Knife River, Moquah, Wis.; Minnewaukan, N.D.

  • 9.6 inches — Grand Forks, N.D.

  • 9.5 inches — Lester Park, Ely, Negaunee, Mich.

  • 9.4 inches — Redridge

  • 9 inches — Fredenberg, Hoyt Lakes

  • 8.8 inches — Hancock

  • 8.7 inches — Ashland, Wis.

  • 8.5 inches — Pleasant Valley

  • 8.2 inches — Duquette

  • 8 inches — Red Cliff, Shaw, West Duluth

  • 7.7 inches — Waconia

  • 7.5 inches — Embarrass, Herbster, Washburn, Wis.; Edina,

  • 7.4 inches — Keewatin, Kerrick

  • 7.2 inches — Pontoria

  • 7 inches — Savage, Chaffey, Elko New Market, Winton, Granite Falls, Superior, Wis.

  • 6.5 inches — Bloomington

  • 6.3 inches — Orr, Savage, Excelsior, Montrose

  • 6.2 inches — Iron Junction

  • 6 inches — Hibbing, Bovey, Shakopee, Eagan, Bemidji, Blackduck, Sea Gull Lake, Alvarado

  • 5.9 inches — Chaska

  • 5.8 inches — Fargo

  • 5.7 inches — Chanhassen, Apple Valley

  • 5.6 inches — Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, Moorhead, Pembina, N.D.

  • 5.5 inches — Golden Valley, West St. Paul, Silica, Cohasset

  • 5.2 inches — Savage, Solway

  • 5.1 inches — Coleraine

  • 5 inches — Biwabik, Blackberry, Floodwood

  • 4.8 inches — Long Lake, Fargo

  • 4.6 inches — Elko New Market

  • 4.5 inches — Harvey, Robinson, Northome, Warroad, Kerrick, St. Louis Park

  • 4.3 inches — Ironwood, Payne, Minneapolis, Buffalo, Delta, Wis.

  • 4.2 inches — Duquette

  • 4 inches — Burnsville, Guthrie, Cass Lake, Roosevelt, Thief River Falls, East Grand Forks, Falcon Heights, Victoria, Park River, N.D.; Emrick, N.D.; Buffalo, N.D.; Hudson, Wis.

Piles of snow outside a home.
A shoveler digs out snow from a driveway in Duluth on Wednesday.
Courtesy of Katie Benziger

  • 3.9 inches — Gowan

  • 3.8 inches — Cook, Moose Lake, Duxbury, Grand Forks, N.D.; Hawthorne, Wis.; Florence, Wis.

  • 3.6 inches — Mahtowa, Van Buskirk, Wis.

  • 3.5 inches — Zemple, Bena, Park Rapids, Argyle, Fort Ripley, French Lake

  • 3.3 inches — Turtle River

  • 3 inches — Days High Landing, Winthrop, Puposky, Bagley, New York Mills, Jacobson, Fridley, Columbia Heights

  • 2.8 inches — Karlstad

  • 2.7 inches — Two Inlets

  • 2.5 inches — Leonidas, Kabetogama, Menahga

  • 2.1 inches — International Falls

  • 2 inches — Island View, Faribault, Jenkins, Crookston, West Fargo, N.D.; Lake Elmo, Mcgrath, Friesland, Ottertail, Wadena, Lake Bronson

  • 1.8 inches — Hermantown