'Plowable Snow' Forecast For Minnesota And Wisconsin This Weekend

Tis the season! We finally have some snow headed our way in the Northland, but it doesn't look like it will turn our mild winter into a brutal one.

We've barely had any snow in our neck of the woods this winter. Instead, we've had a few rounds of snow that hasn't amounted to much.

In fact, Justin Liles from WDIO just broke down where we are at as of earlier this week and we are well below normal for snowfall totals.

An incoming 'large clipper' system is forecast to move into our area this weekend, adding to these totals.

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According to Midwest Weather, a clipper system will move in starting this Saturday (January 11th) and through the following Monday (January 13th).

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This won't catch us up with what we need this winter in terms of snowfall but it will give things a bit of a refresher! As of now, it looks like we could see between two and four inches of snow in the Northland.

As always, things can change! We may not see as much snow as forecast at the moment or it may miss us completely. That's the fun of living in the Northland. Ha!

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According to this forecast, we may also see plowable snow in some parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin because of high snow ratios. Anything goes during a Minnesota winter and you have to love it...usually.

The 15 Least Snowy Winters On Record In Duluth History

Since the National Weather Service began keeping weather records in Duluth in the late 1800s, here are the 15 winters with the lowest snowfall totals on historical record.

It is worth noting that the official records from 1941-today have been recorded at the area now known as the Duluth International Airport (away from the lake, on top of the hill). Before then, various locations closer to Lake Superior had been used for official weather recording data. For anyone that knows anything about how Lake Superior and the hill play a role in temperature and snow, you can see how this makes older records inherently different.

While these records note the "least snowy winters", they actually include all seasonal snowfall from July 1 through June 30 of the following year.

Gallery Credit: Nick Cooper - TSM Duluth