Weather Blog for Duluth and the Northland

9:38 AM Sunday, January 12, 2025

Twin Ports area snowfall totals from 1/11-1/12/2025 thru 8 AM on the 12th

NWS Duluth, MN: 6.7″
2 WSW Lester Park, MN: 6.0″
3 N Lester Park, MN: 5.7″
7 W Superior, WI: 5.7″
Proctor, MN: 5.5″
2 SW Gary New Duluth, MN: 5.4″
2 NNE Fond Du Lac, MN: 5.3″
1 ENE West Duluth, MN: 5.3″
Lester Park, MN: 5.0″

Note — Snowfall ratios with this event in Duluth have been around 25:1, which represents a very fluffy snowfall. Typically, in this area, we see snowfall ratios around 12:1 to 14:1.

Snowfall Reports thru 8 AM Sunday 1/12/2025

• 7 WNW Hackensack, MN: 7.3″
• 2 ENE Esterdy, MN: 7.0″
• 3 E Payne, MN: 6.3″
• 2 WSW Lester Park, MN: 6.0″
• 5 WSW Waukenabo, MN: 6.0″
• 1 SSE Palisade, MN: 6.0″
• 2 NNE Duluth, MN: 6.0″
• 2 ESE Floodwood, MN: 6.0″
• 1 SW Brainerd, MN: 6.0″
• 3 N Shaw, MN: 6.0″
• 2 NE Cloquet, MN: 5.8″
• 3 N Lester Park, MN: 5.7″
• 1 SSE Baxter, MN: 5.5″
• 2 WSW Superior, WI: 5.5″
• 4 NE Rice Lake, MN: 5.4″
• 2 N Pillager, MN: 5.4″
• 1 WSW Maple, WI: 5.4″
• Hackensack, MN: 5.3″
• 3 SSE Coleraine, MN: 5.3″
• 4 WNW Kerrick, MN: 5.2″
• 1 NW Island Lake, MN: 5.0″
• 4 SE Twig, MN: 5.0″
• 2 W Superior, WI: 5.0″
• 3 NW Duquette, MN: 5.0″
• 4 ESE Moose Lake, MN: 5.0″
• 2 SE Jenkins, MN: 4.8″
• 3 ESE Bena, MN: 4.8″
• Ashland, WI: 4.8″
• 1 SE Cornucopia, WI: 4.7″
• 1 N Fort Ripley, MN: 4.6″
• 6 W Washburn, WI: 4.6″
• Coleraine, MN: 4.6″
• 2 ENE Baxter, MN: 4.5″
• 7 E Patzau, WI: 4.5″
• 6 SW Finlayson, MN: 4.5″
• 4 WNW Washburn, WI: 4.5″
• 1 SW Crosby, MN: 4.5″
• 2 S Brimson, MN: 4.4″
• 1 WNW Fredenberg, MN: 4.0″
• 8 ESE Brainerd, MN: 4.0″
• Federal Dam, MN: 4.0″
• 2 WNW Two Harbors, MN: 4.0″
• Trego, WI: 4.0″
• 4 SSE Webster, WI: 4.0″
• 1 W Silver Bay, MN: 3.9″
• 6 SW Webb Lake, WI: 3.9″
• 3 ENE Holyoke, MN: 3.9″
• Silver Bay, MN: 3.7″
• 1 SW Hayward, WI: 3.5″
• 4 WNW Two Harbors, MN: 3.5″
• 5 NE Cohasset, MN: 3.5″
• Chisholm, MN: 3.4″
• 4 NW Namekagon, WI: 3.2″
• Solon Springs, WI: 3.1″
• 3 ESE Sarona, WI: 3.0″
• 2 ENE Two Harbors, MN: 3.0″
• Mercer, WI: 2.9″
• 7 SSW Hoyt Lakes, MN: 2.8″
• 4 ENE Tofte, MN: 2.5″
• Embarrass, MN: 2.5″
• Cook, MN: 2.4″
• 4 W Grand Marais, MN: 2.2″
• 3 SE Ely, MN: 2.1″
• Hovland, MN: 2.0″
• 2 WNW Stone Lake, WI: 1.9″
• 4 W Grand Marais, MN: 1.9″
• 6 NNW Ely, MN: 1.5″
• International Falls, MN: 1.5″

Additional Notes from this snow event

-Snowfall totals have come in lower than what was forecasted across far northern Minnesota, with reports of about 1 to 3 inches of snow through Sunday morning from International Falls to Ely, including the Arrowhead of Minnesota and the Grand Marais area; however, snow is expected to continue to fall across far northern Minnesota and over the Arrowhead through the day, so a couple more inches of accumulation is quite probable.

-The rest of northeast and east-central Minnesota and all of northwest Wisconsin have seen snowfall totals in that range of 3 to 6 inches, which was the forecasted range for this event.

This was my final snowfall forecast for this event; again, the 6-10″ and 3-5″ zones on the map haven’t verified too well as of mid-morning on Sunday. Otherwise, the rest of the forecasted totals look pretty good based on reports.

Thanks for reading!