Storm log
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
1.5 inches of snow in Faribault
The National Weather Service logged six storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 1.5 in.Reported 7:57 a.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 2 in.In Waterville
- Storm reports
- 6Within 20 miles
- In 2008: The 27th storm day of the year.
- 6 storm reports, 7:57 a.m. to 1:27 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 7° to 25°
- Wind gusts to 28 mph
- Pressure 29.67 to 30.06 in.
High 25° at 1:54 p.m., low 7° at 12:14 a.m. Peak gust 28 mph at 2:54 a.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 6
- 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.
- Lonsdale 2
- Faribault 1
- Owatonna 1
- Waseca 1
- Waterville 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:57 a.m. | Snow 1.5 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 2 | 8:08 a.m. | Snow 1.3 in. | 4 miles east of Owatonna | 15 miles southeast of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 3 | 8:08 a.m. | Snow 1.5 in. | in Lonsdale | 15 miles northwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 4 | 8:33 a.m. | Snow 1 in. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 5 | 9:02 a.m. | Snow 1.5 in. | 1 mile north-northeast of Lonsdale | 16 miles northwest of Faribault | Weather station network (mesonet) |
| 6 | 1:27 p.m. | Snow 2 in. | in Waterville | 16 miles west of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
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.
- Dec. 26, 2015: 2 inches of snow 1 mile south-southwest of Lonsdale
- Dec. 15, 2008: 2 inches of snow in Waterville
- Dec. 10, 2016: Up to 2 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
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.