Weather Blog for Duluth and the Northland

On November 29th, 2025, Duluth, Minnesota broke its daily snowfall record with 5.3 inches of snow, surpassing the previous record of 3.6 inches set in 1991.

On Saturday, much of east-central Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin saw about 1 to 3 inches of snow, with some areas in northwest Wisconsin getting isolated higher totals of around 4 to 6 inches.

Heavy lake-effect snow rolled through areas near Lake Superior on Saturday, lasting into the night and dumping over 9 inches around Cornucopia, about 8 inches near Bayfield, and between 3 to 7 inches in Duluth and Superior.

With 16.7 inches of snow already falling this month in Duluth, it’s certain that November 2025 will end up above the normal total of 14.1 inches. Last November, Duluth saw only 5.5 inches of snow.

Between November 25 and 29, 2025, Duluth saw five consecutive days with at least 0.1 inch of snow, and on three of those days, snowfall topped 3 inches.

Snowfall totals for November 29–30, 2025, ending around 9 a.m. on the 30th.

• 6 S Cornucopia, WI: 9.5″
• 1 N Bayfield, WI: 8.0″
• 4 SSW Superior, WI: 7.0″
• 2 SW Two Harbors, MN: 6.7″
• 2 N Gary New Duluth, MN: 6.5″
• 1 SW Grantsburg, WI: 6.2″
• 2 NNE Fond Du Lac, MN: 6.0″
• Proctor, MN: 6.0″
• 2 N Pleasant Valley, MN: 6.0″
• 2 NW Two Harbors, MN: 5.7″
• 1 SSW Superior, WI: 5.5″
• 2 ESE Duluth, MN: 5.5″
• Duluth, MN: 5.3″ (official total at the NWS)
• 1 SSE Two Harbors, MN: 5.0″
• 2 N Lester Park, MN: 5.0″
• 4 NNW French River, MN: 4.9″
• 1 E Superior, WI: 4.8″
• 4 WNW Red Cliff, WI: 4.5″
• 2 N Lester Park, MN: 4.4″
• 3 ENE Holyoke, MN: 4.2″
• 7 E Patzau, WI: 4.0″
• 1 WSW Lester Park, MN: 4.0″
• 5 E Sarona, WI: 4.0″
• 4 SSW Shell Lake, WI: 3.8″
• Cloquet, MN: 3.5″
• 1 ENE Maple, WI: 3.5″
• 3 SSW Fredenberg, MN: 3.5″
• 1 SE Cornucopia, WI: 3.4″
• 3 ESE Sarona, WI: 3.3″
• 1 ENE Duluth, MN: 3.3″
• 1 E Lester Park, MN: 3.2″
• 6 W Washburn, WI: 3.1″
• 4 SSE Webster, WI: 3.0″
• 1 SSW Pine City, MN: 2.7″
• Ashland, WI: 2.6″
• 4 WNW Kerrick, MN: 2.6″
• 3 NNW Mahtowa, MN: 2.5″
• Duquette, MN: 2.5″
• Hurley, WI: 2.3″
• 4 N Amnicon Falls State Park, WI: 2.3″
• Brule, WI: 2.0″
• 2 W Hayward, WI: 2.0″
• Washburn, WI: 2.0″
• 2 S Brimson, MN: 2.0″
• 7 NNE Wales, MN: 1.7″
• 3 ESE Libby, MN: 1.7″
• 3 ENE Wright, MN: 1.6″
• 1 N Fort Ripley, MN: 1.5″
• 1 NW Island Lake, MN: 1.5″
• 3 S Cotton, MN: 1.5″
• 1 N Washburn, WI: 1.4″
• 5 NNE Biwabik, MN: 1.3″
• 4 SE McGrath, MN: 1.0″
• 8 ESE Brainerd, MN: 1.0″
• 7 SSW Grand Rapids, MN: 1.0″
• Nisswa, MN: 1.0″
• 7 SSW Hoyt Lakes, MN: 1.0″

Here are a couple of maps showing snowfall totals from November 29–30, 2025, up to around 9 AM on the 30th.