Category: snowfall ratios
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Cold & Blustery Tonight → Warmer Thursday–Friday → Arctic Air Returns This Weekend
Duluth picked up 1.1 inches of snow today (Tuesday, February 24, 2026), with 0.09 inches of liquid precipitation, giving this clipper a snowfall ratio of roughly 12:1. Month‑to‑date snowfall in Duluth stands at 14.3 inches, which is 1.5 inches above normal. For the 2025–2026 season as a whole, we’re up…
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Winter Storm Update, 6 PM Wednesday, 2/18/2026
Winter returns strongly, and so does Lake Superior. It’s been months since a northeasterly wind event like this one, so welcome back, Lake Superior; it’s been a while. Back-to-back days with peak wind gusts of over 60 mph in Duluth, with a peak gust of 64 mph on Tuesday followed…
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This Week’s Weather: Will Temperatures Finally Rise Above Freezing?
The main weather focus for Duluth this week is whether temperatures will rise above freezing on Thursday. At the moment, it’s looking likely, as low pressure tracks east through Ontario, sending breezy westerly winds and warmer air into areas south of the system. If the forecast pans out, northeast Minnesota…
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A frigid week is on the way, with the Polar Vortex making an appearance later in the week.
With Duluth possibly hitting 30 below or even colder later this week, here’s a look back at the years since 1990 when temperatures that frigid have occurred in the city. Note: Last winter in Duluth, the lowest temperature was a frigid -27°F on January 21, with February 12 not far…
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Frigid! Light snow Sunday followed by gusty winds and some blowing snow
Another clipper will move through the upper Midwest on Sunday, bringing more snow. With temperatures in the Northland ranging from about -5 to 10 above, 850mb temperatures between -15 and -20°C, and precipitable water under 0.20 inches, conditions aren’t ideal for large snowflakes. Instead, the Northland will likely see more…
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Another clipper is expected to move in on Sunday.
As I mentioned in my Wednesday post, there’s still a chance of a couple of inches of snow in the Northland on Sunday, and today’s model runs continue to back that up. Sunday’s system won’t be a major winter storm, more of a clipper-type setup, but the associated trough looks…
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February 14-15, 2025 Snowfall Report: An Overachiever Event
12:10 PM Saturday, February 15, 2025 My snowfall forecast was completely wrong for this event. I’m not going to sugarcoat things at all. It was a bust. Snowfall totals ended up several inches above what was in the forecast for Friday to early Saturday morning. One reason behind this was…