5:27 PM Wednesday, March 27, 2024
A long duration winter storm brought widespread heavy snow totals to northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin over the past few days.
Snow began falling in Duluth around daybreak on Sunday (March 24th) and snow continued to fall Monday and Tuesday with a few brief breaks mixed in. We also saw some freezing rain and ice pellets in Duluth Monday night into early Tuesday morning.
The official snowfall total for Duluth from this winter storm was 17.3 inches (National Weather Service location on top of the hill), but there were several reports of snowfall totals ranging from around 18 inches to nearly 25 inches in other parts of Duluth.
Updated Winter Storm Snowfall Totals from March 24th-27th, 2024
Source: National Weather Service Duluth, Minnesota
7.9 SW Duluth, MN: 24.9″
1.6 NE Baxter, MN: 24.7″
5.1 N Pillager, MN: 22.8″
7.4 NNE Duluth, MN: 20.6″
Brainerd, MN: 20.5″
3.6 WNW Two Harbors, MN: 20.4″
5 NNW Knife River, MN: 19.2″
1 NW Hermantown, MN: 18.9″
2 NNE Fond Du Lac, MN: 18.8″
2 E Esko, MN: 18.5″
Silver Bay, MN: 18.4″
7 WSW Pine River, MN: 17.8″
2.1 ESE Cloquet, MN: 17.5″
Duluth, MN: 17.3″ (official total at the NWS)
5.1 NNW Bayfield, WI: 17.2″
9.7 SSE Wrenshall, MN: 16.6″
0.1 WSW Sandstone, MN: 16.5″
7 N McGregor, MN: 16.4″
Lake Shore, MN: 16.3″
3 E Wright, MN: 16.3″
7 SE Sea Gull Lake, MN: 16.0″
3 E Sarona, WI: 15.9″
4.9 NE Tofte, MN: 15.8″
Hovland, MN: 15.6″
3 NNW Mahtowa, MN: 15.4″
6 WNW Castle Danger, MN: 15.4″
1.2 W Solon Springs, WI: 15.4″
5 SE Iron River, WI: 15.4″
2.3 SSW Superior, WI: 15.0″
1 E Lester Park, MN: 15.0″
0.5 WNW Ashland, WI: 14.6″
4.4 SSE Hayward, WI: 14.4″
0.9 WNW Ely, MN: 14.3″
4.3 SW Shell Lake, WI: 14.0″
3.8 NNE Grand Marais, MN: 14.0″
5 E Cloverdale, MN: 14.0″
1 NNE Cloquet, MN: 13.8″
4 W Clam Lake, WI: 13.7″
Two Harbors, MN: 13.5″
11.8 N Lutsen, MN: 13.3″
3 ESE Libby, MN: 13.3″
10.6 WNW Spooner, WI: 13.3″
7.4 S Cohasset, MN: 13.2″
0.7 NW Chisholm, MN: 13.1″
2 E Celina, MN: 13.0″
5.6 SE McGrath, MN: 13.0″
4 SE Superior, WI: 12.6″
4 S Tower, MN: 12.6″
2 SSW Moose Lake, MN: 12.3″
1 SSW Pine City, MN: 12.3″
10.2 ENE Cable, WI: 12.2″
7 W Superior, WI: 12.0″
2 SSE Cozy Corner, WI: 12.0″
0.6 SW Grantsburg, WI: 12.1″
International Falls, MN: 11.6″
4 NNE Sarona, WI: 11.6″
0.2 NW Washburn, WI: 11.5″
Willow River, MN: 11.5″
Cass Lake, MN: 11.3″
Gile, WI: 11.3″
3 E Orr, MN: 11.1″
3 NE Duluth, MN: 11.0″
0.6 SW Moose Lake, MN: 11.0″
1.2 N Bayfield, WI: 10.4″
6.1 N Grand Rapids, MN: 10.1″
1 NNW Big Falls, MN: 10.1″
Embarrass, MN: 9.5″
0.7 S Coleraine, MN: 9.1″
Hurley, WI: 8.0″
Cook, MN: 6.4″
This winter storm also brought widespread precipitation totals of 1 to 2 inches or more to northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin with a half inch or more of precipitation in northern Minnesota per MRMS data.
Total precipitation in Duluth from March 24-26 was 1.67 inches.
Before this storm hit, Duluth was running -1.83 inches below normal in precipitation for 2024, but as of Tuesday, March 26th that deficit had dropped to -0.31″ below normal.
Thanks for reading!
Tim