Updated Northern Minnesota + Wisconsin Blizzard Snowfall Totals
While light snow will linger through the weekend, the majority of heavy snowfall from this week's blizzard has come to a close. Most people across the Northland witnessed firsthand that we got a lot of snow.
Multiple places saw near 30 inches of snow in the higher elevations near Lake Superior, making for a weekend of digging out before single-digit daytime highs set in next week.
While places across the region might add a couple inches yet into the weekend, here's a look at snowfall totals from across the region from this whopper of a storm.
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December 14-16 Blizzard Snowfall Totals
The Duluth National Weather Service office generated an overview map that shows estimations of how much each part of the Northland got, showing the heaviest snow over the three days of heaviest snow spanning most of the North Shore, extending down I-35.
While this does a great job of illustrating an overall look, there are some individual spots reporting higher amounts - for example, the highest-reported snowfall total was actually just outside of Duluth, not in the "24-30" area identified on the map. You can see individual town reports below.
As pointed out in the graphic above, there are still some areas that don't have precise reports. Additionally, some areas have reports that are several hours old, not showing all of Friday's snowfall in the totals. Here are the most recent snowfall totals reported by the National Weather Service as of the end of the day Friday:
- Rice Lake, MN (6 miles NE) - 30.5 inches
- Finland - 29 inches
- Gary New Duluth, MN - 28.5 inches
- Two Harbors, MN (7 miles NNW) - 28.2 inches
- Beaver Bay, MN - 28 inches
- Wales, MN - 28 inches
- Duluth, MN (3 miles NNE - Bagley Nature Center) - 28 inches
- Hermantown, MN (3 miles NE - Duluth International Airport) - 26.5 inches
- Delta, WI - 25 inches
- Duluth, MN NWS Office - 24.2 inches
- Chisholm, MN - 24 inches
- Rice Lake, MN - 23.8 inches
- Brimson, MN - 23.5 inches
- Lester Park Duluth, MN (3 miles NNW - Arnold) - 23 inches
- Silver Bay, MN - 22.6 inches
- Payne, MN - 22.3 inches
- Palmers, MN - 21.5 inches
- Lutsen, MN - 21 inches
- Two Harbors, MN (2 miles NW) - 21 inches
- Wrenshall, MN - 20.9 inches
- Solon Springs, WI - 20.9 inches
- Twig, MN - 20.5 inches
- Hawthorne, WI - 20 inches
- Proctor, MN - 19.8 inches
- Red Cliff, WI - 19.6 inches
- South Range, WI - 19.5 inches
- Hibbing, MN - 19.4 inches
- Lester Park Duluth, MN (1 mile WSW - Hawk Ridge) - 18.8 inches
- Eveleth, MN - 18.5 inches
- Cloquet, MN - 18.5 inches
- Moose Lake, MN - 18.3 inches
- Mahtowa, MN - 18.2 inches
- Coleraine, MN - 18.1 inches
- Hovland, MN - 18 inches
- Cornucopia, WI - 18 inches
- Hoyt Lakes, MN - 18 inches
- Duluth, MN (3 miles W - Piedmont) - 18 inches
- Grand Rapids, MN - 17.5 inches
- Sturgeon Lake, MN - 17.5 inches
- Island Lake, MN 0 17.5 inches
- Maple, WI - 17.3 inches
- Drummond, WI - 17 inches
- Finlayson, MN - 16.9 inches
- Duluth, MN (2 miles N - near MNDOT Building on E. Central Entrance) - 16.7 inches
- Minong, WI - 16.5 inches
- Grand Marais, MN - 16 inches
- Lake Nebagamon, WI - 16 inches
- Oulu, WI - 15.9 inches
- Lester Park Duluth, MN (2 miles SW - Congdon Park) - 14.5 inches
- Fredenberg, MN - 14.2 inches
- Hinckley, MN - 14 inches
- Bayfield, WI - 13.1 inches
- Superior, WI - 8.5 inches
MORE: Watch video of 'thundersnow' in Duluth during this week's blizzard
What's next?
Temperatures will then trend downward through the weekend, with daytime highs on Saturday near 30, in the upper teens Sunday and Monday, and single digits into the middle of the week.