According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: “In spite of the 1991 Halloween Blizzard, measurable snow on Halloween is about as rare as getting a full-sized candy bar in your trick-or-treat bag. Since 1872 there’s been enough snow to measure only seven times.” Make it eight: It snowed nearly 2 inches on Halloween 2023.
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Rain changes over to wet, sloppy, gloppy snow Thursday, falling at the rate of 1 inch per hour just north and west of MSP, where a band of 6 inches of snow may pile up.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
October 30, 2024 at 9:16PM
Rain changes over to wet, sloppy, gloppy snow Thursday, falling at the rate of 1 inch per hour just north and west of MSP, where a band of 6 inches of snow may pile up. Lovely. Leave extra time heading to St. Cloud, Brainerd or Duluth.
After a record 80 degrees on Tuesday, ground temperatures are relatively mild; there will be melting on contact, at least initially. Even so, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a coating to 3 inches in the metro area, heaviest over Anoka and Wright counties. Take it easy out there and make sure pint-size goblins have warm costumes (and boots) this evening.
We did pick up significant half-inch to 1-inch rains overnight, so that helps the drought.
Skies clear Thursday with 50s over the weekend. More rain Sunday into Tuesday. Scary!
Major Thanksgiving Day snowstorm predicted from Omaha and Des Moines to Chicago.