The Winter of 1996-1997 has brought unusually heavy snowfall to many areas of Minnesota. Most communities have already received 100 to 200 percent of their average seasonal snowfall. Below you will find snowfall totals from selected cities across Minnesota. Note that the January, 1997 totals are through the 27th. The data are presented on an annual basis (as opposed to seasonal) at the request of the Department of Public Safety - Division of Emergency Management. This is to assist local units of government assess snow removal costs in terms of their fiscal year.
Key:
Avg = average for 1961 - 1990
* = total through January 27, 1997
Station: (211891) CROOKSTON
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 11.5 0.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 8.0 12.0 39.0
1994 12.5 8.5 9.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.8 39.8
1995 6.3 14.6 9.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 9.5 54.4
1996 19.5 11.0 8.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.5 23.3 83.5
1997 21.3*
Avg 9.1 6.0 5.9 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 4.6 7.0 32.7
Station: (322859) FARGO/MOORHEAD
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 16.7 3.3 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.3 15.6 65.3
1994 18.0 12.8 12.1 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 60.8
1995 10.8 9.5 19.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 9.6 12.7 66.6
1996 27.2 8.9 15.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.4 20.4 98.1
1997 28.2*
Avg 8.8 6.0 7.1 3.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 5.9 7.2 38.9
Station: (214026) INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 17.6 1.6 6.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 4.7 18.4 5.7 58.1
1994 15.4 8.8 10.0 10.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 10.6 10.1 66.6
1995 17.5 13.8 4.0 12.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 16.5 21.4 90.7
1996 30.0 18.1 7.7 17.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 23.9 24.7 127.4
1997 7.2*
Avg 13.1 9.1 9.3 5.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.9 11.2 12.8 63.3
Station: (213303) GRAND RAPIDS
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 15.1 1.4 4.7 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.8 12.4 57.4
1994 16.5 6.2 7.9 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 4.8 5.3 49.4
1995 11.0 11.4 6.5 8.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 14.0 15.1 72.7
1996 28.1 15.6 7.7 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 14.7 20.9 91.0
1997 26.4*
Avg 13.1 6.7 10.3 4.8 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 7.9 12.1 56.5
Station: (212248) DULUTH, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 24.9 10.0 5.8 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 28.5 15.1 88.4
1994 35.3 7.9 13.0 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 15.5 6.2 88.1
1995 12.8 17.6 20.9 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 9.7 20.4 25.9 123.6
1996 34.0 21.3 11.4 12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.9 41.7 136.9
1997 32.6*
Avg 17.2 10.3 14.1 6.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 11.4 16.1 77.3
Station: (212768) FERGUS FALLS, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 16.0 1.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.0 6.0 55.0
1994 14.0 11.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 32.0
1995 11.0 7.0 14.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 10.0 52.0
1996 26.0 11.0 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0 18.5 85.6
1997 32.0
Avg 11.4 6.2 7.5 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 5.0 9.0 38.6
Station: (215638) MORRIS, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 14.2 4.7 6.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 13.1 10.3 49.7
1994 16.0 12.9 2.4 9.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.5 5.8 55.1
1995 9.5 8.1 14.6 9.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.5 4.7 13.5 66.1
1996 18.8 6.6 6.1 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.5 10.5 61.5
1997 25.6*
Avg 10.0 8.4 10.2 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 5.8 7.7 46.2
Station: (219004) WILLMAR, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 12.5 5.5 2.8 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.3 12.8 42.2
1994 20.1 11.0 2.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.5 4.1 52.5
1995 3.8 3.3 16.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.6 12.9 47.9
1996 18.7 4.0 9.6 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 15.1 63.7
1997 17.8*
Avg 10.6 9.0 10.9 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 6.6 8.8 48.6
Station: (217294) ST CLOUD, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 15.6 4.0 7.5 7.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 13.5 9.3 57.2
1994 19.9 11.5 3.7 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.8 7.1 57.0
1995 5.6 6.4 16.1 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 6.0 4.8 9.4 52.2
1996 12.9 3.5 9.4 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.4 15.1 56.9
1997 18.2*
Avg 10.1 7.0 9.8 2.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 6.8 8.9 45.4
Station: (215435) MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 12.0 5.3 6.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 4.5 36.9
1994 24.3 12.0 1.7 5.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 6.5 56.2
1995 4.2 2.1 10.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.6 16.1 40.3
1996 14.5 1.2 14.1 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.8 23.7 72.6
1997 13.3*
Avg 12.6 9.6 12.2 3.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 7.3 11.6 57.3
Station: (215204) MARSHALL, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 8.7 11.1 5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 9.8 47.5
1994 16.0 9.7 4.1 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 1.0 45.9
1995 0.3 2.5 16.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 10.3 7.6 41.4
1996 24.2 2.0 8.6 4.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 23.1 76.4
1997 15.0*
Avg 7.7 7.5 8.8 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 6.0 8.3 39.8
Station: (214937) LUVERNE, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 10.0 15.0 9.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 11.0 56.0
1994 28.0 7.0 2.0 7.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 5.0 61.0
1995 1.5 5.0 10.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 9.0 7.8 39.3
1996 16.0 4.5 6.9e 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 27.0 60.0
1997 8.2*
Avg 8.4 7.5 9.6 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 5.7 8.3 40.6
Station: (212698) FAIRMONT, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 9.0 14.0 9.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 13.0 60.0
1994 19.0 16.0 1.1 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 5.5 54.6
1995 1.0 1.0 9.5 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 27.0
1996 17.0 2.0 6.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.0 16.0 55.0
1997 17.0*
Avg 8.2 8.0 9.5 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 3.9 9.5 42.3
Station: (218692) WASECA, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 16.3 13.0 9.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 5.1 56.4
1994 26.5 12.4 2.2 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.7 7.0 58.6
1995 2.3 1.5 10.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 5.5 13.5 37.8
1996 22.0 0.5 15.2 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.8 18.1 71.1
1997 19.0*
Avg 10.0 8.5 10.2 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 6.1 11.5 49.2
Station: (217004) ROCHESTER, MN
Snowfall (in)
Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1993 15.7 10.8 9.8 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 6.0 59.3
1994 21.8 15.3 2.9 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.8 7.2 55.2
1995 4.5 1.4 10.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 4.0 11.8 39.2
1996 30.2 1.9 9.3 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.1 19.6 70.3
1997 14.1*
Avg 9.9 7.7 9.5 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 5.3 10.9 48.1
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