Storm log
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008
1 inch of snow in Owatonna
The National Weather Service logged one storm report within 20 miles, a snow total. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 1 in.In Owatonna
- Storm reports
- 1Within 20 miles
- In 2008: The first storm day of the year.
- 1 storm report, 12:35 p.m.
Bars: warnings, from issue to end; filled when the warning covered Faribault. Dots: storm reports at the time of each (snow and rain totals at the time they were measured).
- Temperature -9° to 36°
- Wind gusts to 39 mph
- Pressure 29.21 to 29.82 in.
High 36° at 12:15 a.m., low -9° at 7:35 p.m. Peak gust 39 mph at 3:55 p.m. The airport reports about every 20 minutes, so a gust between its reports isn't in this record. Pressure is its altimeter setting, in inches of mercury. Over The airport's day Midnight to midnight standard time all year (1 a.m. to 1 a.m. in daylight time): the day the airport's high and low cover. This site's report card: midnight to midnight standard time.
- Snow total 1
- Faribault
- 20 miles
Readings saved when the warning ended
Chanhassen radar (KMPX), saved during the warning
Within 20 miles of Faribault, from the National Weather Service; the numbers match the map.
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12:35 p.m. | Snow 1 in.RemarkVISIBILITY SOMETIMES ONLY 100 FEET IN BLOWING SNOW OUTSIDE OF OWATONNA. INTERSTATE 35 CLOSED FROM OWATONNA TO ALBERT LEA PER MNDOT WEB SITE. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Law enforcement |
Each opens to its details. “What happened” is this site's own check, not the National Weather Service's verification: a report of the warning's kind, at warning size, inside its outline while it was in effect.
- Jan. 28, 2013: 1 inch of snow 5 miles east-southeast of New Prague
- Jan. 25, 2016: 1 inch of snow in Owatonna
- Jan. 22, 2014: 1 inch of snow in Faribault
Storm days since 2005 whose first tag is Snow, as this one's is, nearest in largest snow report, then in time of year; never within two days of this one.