Weather and Climate News

St. Louis battles heavy snow; relatively quiet weekend in Minnesota
A winter storm that began on Friday has dumped 9.8 inches of snow on St. Louis, Missouri as of 6 a.m. Saturday: Here is a quick look at snow and sleet accumulation for this winter storm through 6 AM. The map is an estimate based on reports that we have received #mowx #ilwx #stlwx pic.twitter.com/Sm8hylYcGA…
Last year, southeastern Minnesota climate stations reported 50 inches of annual precipitation and two of them broke the state record: Caledonia reported 57.97 inches, and Harmony reported 60.21 inches.
Snow season nears the half-way point; quiet weekend in Minnesota, a lot of snow in southern Iowa
There’s little or no snow cover right now across much of the Twin Cities metro area and south-central into southeastern Minnesota: Northern Minnesota and west-central Minnesota still have plenty of snow on the ground. Snow lovers should note that we still have more than one-half of our snow season remaining. The 2017-2018 Twin Cities snow…