Record Snow Day: MPR listener photos
Posted at 3:26 PM on October 12, 2009
by Paul Huttner
Our rare early October snowfall is now a record snow. As of 12:40pm the NWS reports 2.4" at Twin Cities Airport. This sets a new daily snowfall record for October 12th. The previous record was 2.0" in 1959.
Check out come of these area snowfall totals:
-UM St. Paul Campus: 4.2"
-Deephaven and Chaska: 3.6"
-Waconia, Maplewood, Stillwater, and North St. Paul 3.5"
-Willmar 2.5"
Thanks for sharing the photos below.
PH
Snow covered rose in Maplewood.
(Photo by Meredith Johnson)
Snow decorates Minneaoplis back yard.
(Photo by Meg Payne Nelson)
Snowman attends North Hennepin Community College today.
(Photo by Amy Napurski)
Snap dragons decorated with snow from Saturday morning.
(Photo by Nila Hines)
Snowman seems happy to be here.
(Photo by Jason Henderson)
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