This week, forecasts show the southern half of Minnesota is in for an impressive double-barreled snowstorm. 21, 2023 How this snowstorm and this season stack up to Minnesota winters past How this snowstorm and this season stack up to Minnesota winters pastįeb. An additional 20-or-so inches would put this season’s snowfall at or close to the top 10 seasons for snowfall. 21, MSP had received 57.3 inches of snow this winter season, according to NOAA data.
This has been a pretty good winter for snow - maybe even a record year by the end of the week.Īs of the morning of Feb. In order to take first place, we would have to get more snow than the legendary Halloween of ’91 blizzard, which dumped 28.4 inches. In its latest alert, the local NWS says it’s likely to be top five. If the forecast holds and we get between 17 and 23 inches of snow, we are gunning for at least sixth place - maybe even second - in terms of snowfall during Twin Cities snowstorms. This week’s storm is in the running for top Twin Cities snowstorms. The average February snowfall at MSP is 8.8 inches. Paul International Airport go back to 1938, and in that timeframe, the record snowfall in February was 39 inches, set in 2019. Source: NWS Twin CitiesSo, how does what’s in the forecast for this week compare to snowstorms of yesteryear? And how does this season stack up to historic records and averages? An additional 17 to 23 inches of snow would put us far above February’s snowfall average - but nowhere near the record for February snowfall.
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