Princeton Mn Snow Totals (2024)

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What is Minnesota's yearly snowfall totals? ›

The average annual snowfall in Minnesota varies from 36 inches in the southwest to more than 70 inches along the Lake Superior "snow belt." Although snow is an important component of Minnesota's hydrology, the water found in the snow comprises less than 20 percent of the total precipitation received annually.

Snow Total: 2022-23 – St. Cloud (88.2 inches), Twin Cities (90.3 inches); 2023-24 – St. Cloud (31.9 inches), Twin Cities (29.5 inches). Days Working with Snow/Ice Events: 2022-23 – 84; 2023-24 – 26.

Indeed, the winter of 2022-23 has been one of the snowiest on record across much of Minnesota. In addition to Duluth's new record, St. Cloud recorded 88.2 inches for the season, just edging out the old record of 87.9 inches from 1964-65. The Twin Cities recorded 90.3 inches, putting it in third place.

Sault Ste Marie, MI

In fact, the entire upper peninsula of Michigan is known for having massive snowfalls every year. While the U.S. average snowfall is around 28 inches, the upper peninsula of Michigan often gets over 200 inches of snow in many of its towns and cities!

Welcome to the Snowiest Town in Minnesota

While the average annual snowfall in the U.S. is around 28 inches, the western Duluth suburb of Hermantown receives a staggering 73 inches on average every year.

Snow probably has occurred there in very late August, although we have never found an official record of such. July snow would be an extremely rare event, and has not likely occurred in the last 300 years. Snow probably has never occurred between June 20 and August 20 since the USA took over the region in 1815."

And if temperatures next month stick close to five degrees above average, it could beat out 1877-1878 for the title of warmest winter. The state's climatology office says both this winter and the winter of 1877-1878 were similar — big El Niño years — and there was almost no snow cover for months.

This winter storm dropped 28.4" of snow on the Twin Cities (single storm record for the metropolitan record) while Duluth received 36.9" of snow (the largest single storm total in MN history).

Photos show the aftermath of a blizzard that dumped as much as 10 feet of snow across the Sierra Nevada over the weekend leaving residents to begin digging out.

When did it snow in MN in 2024? ›

Enough snow and precipitation to double seasonal totals in some places! After a warm winter that was largely devoid of significant snowfall, a powerful winter storm lashed Minnesota with heavy snow, slush, rain, a few thunderstorms, and strong winds from late Saturday March 23rd into Wednesday March 27th, 2024.

Who got the most snow? Multiple Tahoe-area ski resorts broke snowfall records this year, with several reaching the 700-inch mark and beyond. Boreal, Kirkwood and Palisades Tahoe each surpassed the 700-inch mark.

The snowiest town in Michigan is Houghton, which is at the northern tip of the Upper Peninsula and gets slammed with a yearly average of 207 inches of snowfall. The city of Houghton is the birthplace of hockey in the United States and it's obvious why, as there is plenty of ice to practice ice hockey!

The U.S. state that had the largest recorded snowfall was Colorado, where 63 inches of snow fell more than a century ago on Dec. 4, 1913, at the Georgetown weather station.

Minnesota is the third-coldest state in the U.S. Located in the Upper Midwest region of the United States and touching Lake Superior to its northeast, the state's climate is greatly affected by its latitude and proximity to Lake Superior.