Snowfall Totals for December 8-9, 2024

10:47 AM Monday, December 9, 2024

Snowfall Totals for December 8-9, 2024, ending around 10 AM on the 9th

• 1 W Silver Bay, MN: 8.8″
• 4 W Grand Marais, MN: 8.5″
• 6 SE Wales, MN: 8.0″
• 4 W Lutsen, MN: 8.0″
• 7 W Hovland, MN: 8.0″
• 3 W Little Marais, MN: 8.0″
• International Falls, MN: 7.8″
• 3 ENE Grand Marais, MN: 7.5″
• Finland, MN: 7.4″
• 7 NNW Two Harbors, MN: 6.7″
• Cook, MN: 6.5″
• 3 NW Ely, MN: 6.3″
• 4 ENE Fairbanks, MN: 6.0″
• 1 SW Robinson, MN: 6.0″
• 3 E Orr, MN: 5.5″
• 11 N Nashwauk, MN: 5.5″
• 2 S Brimson, MN: 5.4″
• 3 E Embarrass, MN: 5.0″
• Hibbing, MN: 5.0″
• Tower, MN: 5.0″
• 2 NW Two Harbors, MN: 4.8″
• Chisholm, MN: 4.7″
• 3 E Payne, MN: 3.1″
• 9 ENE Island Lake, MN: 3.0″
• 2 WSW Lester Park, MN: 2.8″
• Coleraine, MN: 2.5″
• 7 SSW Grand Rapids, MN: 2.0″
• Proctor, MN: 2.0″
• Duluth, MN: 1.8″ (Official total at the NWS)
• Two Harbors, MN: 1.7″
• 2 NNE Fond Du Lac, MN: 1.6″
• 1 E Lester Park, MN: 1.0″
• 1 SE Cornucopia, WI: 1.0″

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Here’s the evolution of my snowfall forecasts leading up to the event on December 8, 2024.

This first map was more of a heads-up call which I released on December 4th for the possibility of a snow event. Being 4 days out and knowing that computer models could change, I played it safe with snow totals.

My confidence level started to increase on December 5th, so I increased the snow totals where the chances were the highest.

Here’s a forecast setup map made on December 6.

Overall, I’d say my forecasts were pretty spot-on for this event. There were many factors at play, making this a difficult system to forecast. But in the end, my forecasts verified pretty well.

Snowfall totals were increased even more on December 6, now that we were just 2 days away from this event.

And here’s my final snowfall forecast for the December 8-9 event.

Here’s the 24-hour snowfall analysis for December 8-9, 2024, ending at 6 AM on the 9th.

And here’s a zoomed-in view of observed snow totals in the Duluth area for December 8-9, 2024, ending at 6 AM on the 9th.

And this was my snowfall forecast for this event in the Duluth area.

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