February 20-21 Winter Storm: Lots of Snow in Minnesota

We had quite a storm, yesterday evening and today. I'll be discussing it a little later, but right now - here's an excerpt from a weather report.

Generally, I like to link to resources, and just have a summary here. Since not all websites do a good job of keeping their data: I'm taking an excerpt from wunderground.com's report on snowfall amounts.

That cryptic "St County time" thing almost certainly refers to Stearns County, Minnesota.

Looks like Alexandria, about 20 miles up the road, got 6 inches. Since Albany, in the other direction and on the way to St. Cloud from here, got 8 inches and St. Cloud got 6.2, 7.1, 6.2, and 5.9 inches - depending on when and where the snow was measured - I'd say that we got less than a foot of snow here in Sauk Centre.

Or maybe more than a foot. It looks a bit deeper in spots here - but snow drifts, and we've had some wind.

Anyway, here's part of that report:

"Warnings for Stearns, Minnesota : Weather Underground"
wunderground.com (February 21, 2011)

Snowfall totals from the February 20th-21st storm system...

Snow reports listed by amount

inches location St County time
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19.00 Madison MN Lac Qui Parle 0936 am
17.00 NW Eden Prairie MN Hennepin 1030 PM
16.70 Bloomington MN Hennepin 0203 PM
16.30 SSW Montevideo MN Chippewa 0700 am
16.00 Bloomington MN Hennepin 0713 am
15.00 3 SSW Burnsville MN Dakota 0845 am
15.00 Springfield MN Brown 0840 am
14.00 Menomonie WI Dunn 1210 PM
14.00 Menomonie WI Dunn 1101 am
14.00 Woodbury MN Washington 0800 am
13.50 Maplewood MN Ramsey 1210 PM
13.30 Menomonie WI Dunn 0729 am
13.30 St Paul MN Ramsey 0610 am
Highland Park area of St Paul
13.00 Granite Falls MN Chippewa 1013 am
13.00 Richfield MN Hennepin 1000 am
12.90 3 WNW Rice MN Stearns 0700 am
12.70 Edina MN Hennepin 0203 PM
12.50 Minneapolis MN Hennepin 1210 PM - measured at Minneapolis international Airport.
12.50 ENE St Paul MN Ramsey 0530 am
12.40 Roberts WI St. Croix 0800 am
12.30 5 SW St Paul MN Ramsey 0845 am
12.30 Minneapolis MN Hennepin 0600 am - storm total measured at the Minneapolis/St Paul international Airport.
12.00 Inver Grove Heights MN Dakota 0803 am
12.00 Lake Elmo MN Washington 0800 am
12.00 3 N Bloomer WI Chippewa 0730 am
12.00 Baldwin WI St. Croix 0700 am
12.00 Credit River MN Scott 0553 am
11.70 Chanhassen MN Carver 1210 PM - measured at National Weather Service office.
11.60 Jordan MN Scott 0710 am
11.50 2 W Prior Lake MN Scott 0800 am
11.50 Milroy MN Redwood 0700 am
11.20 Chanhassen MN Carver 0600 am - storm total measured at the NWS office.
11.00 Morgan MN Redwood 0702 am
11.00 Red Wing MN Goodhue 0701 am
10.60 Minnetonka MN Hennepin 0803 am
10.50 Woodbury MN Washington 0805 am
10.50 Elk Mound WI Dunn 0600 am
10.30 Coon Rapids MN Anoka 0529 am
10.20 Minnetonka MN Hennepin 0539 am
10.00 Madelia MN Watonwan 1245 PM
10.00 Brownton MN McLeod 1210 PM
10.00 Comfrey MN Brown 1210 PM
10.00 Mankato MN Blue Earth 1013 am
10.00 NW Gilman MN Benton 0828 am
10.00 Redwood Falls MN Redwood 0805 am
10.00 Isanti MN Isanti 0626 am
10.00 Hastings MN Dakota 0600 am
10.00 Osceola WI Polk 0600 am
9.70 Waconia MN Carver 0803 am
9.70 North Mankato MN Nicollet 0700 am
9.60 Blaine MN Anoka 1100 am
9.00 Hutchinson MN McLeod 1145 am
9.00 Glenwood MN Pope 0815 am
9.00 Barron WI Barron 0728 am
9.00 3 ENE Montgomery MN Rice 0700 am
9.00 Lonsdale MN Rice 0600 am
8.60 New Hope MN Hennepin 0658 am
8.60 7 S Hillman MN Morrison 0653 am
8.60 9 NNE Bird Island MN Renville 0630 am
8.50 Rush City MN Chisago 0815 am
8.10 Bowlus MN Morrison 0829 am
8.00 Clayton WI Polk 1101 am
8.00 3 se New Ulm MN Brown 0800 am
8.00 Owatonna MN Steele 0800 am
8.00 2 S St Francis MN Anoka 0731 am
8.00 Durand WI Pepin 0730 am
8.00 Milaca MN Mille Lacs 0730 am
8.00 Rice Lake WI Barron 0725 am
8.00 Faribault MN Rice 0700 am
8.00 Albany MN Stearns 0700 am
8.00 Sauk Rapids MN Benton 0613 am
8.00 Andover MN Anoka 0600 am
8.00 Litchfield MN Meeker 0600 am
8.00 Carlos MN Douglas 0552 am
7.60 Rice MN Benton 0700 am
7.50 Monticello MN Wright 1100 am
7.50 1 NNW Cold Spring MN Stearns 0600 am
7.50 Forest Lake MN Washington 0554 am
7.20 Jim Falls WI Chippewa 0610 am
7.10 St cloud MN Stearns 1210 PM - measured at the prison.
7.10 Stanley WI Chippewa 0936 am
7.00 Rockford MN Hennepin 0203 PM - water equivalent 0.65 inches.
6.50 Cambridge MN Isanti 0743 am
6.50 Little Falls MN Morrison 0600 am
6.20 St cloud MN Stearns 0530 am
6.00 Onamia MN Mille Lacs 1117 am
6.00 North Branch MN Chisago 0936 am - 0.46 inches of liquid.
6.00 13 N Alexandria MN Douglas 0936 am - occurred in Leaf Valley.
6.00 3 WSW Princeton MN Sherburne 0630 am
6.00 Red Wing MN Goodhue 0600 am
5.90 St cloud MN Stearns 0600 am
5.80 E Owatonna MN Steele 0630 am
4.00 Kimball MN Stearns 0600 am
3.50 Long Prairie MN Todd 0600 am
2.00 Fairmont MN Martin 0700 am