Storm log
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
Up to 10.5 inches of snow in Faribault
The National Weather Service logged 12 storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 10.5 in.Reported 8 a.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 10.5 in.In Faribault
- Storm reports
- 12Within 20 miles
- In 2009: The 16th storm day of the year.
- 12 storm reports, 5:30 a.m. to 1:46 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 -2° to 16°
- Wind gusts to 36 mph
- Pressure 29.42 to 29.76 in.
High 16° at 12:14 a.m., low -2° at 8:54 p.m. Peak gust 36 mph at 5:14 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 12
- 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.
- Faribault 3
- Montgomery 2
- Lonsdale 1
- New Market 1
- Northfield 1
- Owatonna 1
- Waseca 1
- Waterville 1
- Other places 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:30 a.m. | Snow 7 in. | 3 miles east-northeast of Montgomery | 17 miles northwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 7:05 a.m. | SnowRemark1/2 MILE VISIBILITY PRESSURE 29.43 | 14 miles south of Faribault | 14 miles south of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 3 | 7:18 a.m. | Snow 8.5 in.RemarkOCCURRED IN NEW MARKET TOWNSHIP | in New Market | 20 miles north of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 4 | 7:59 a.m. | Snow 8.5 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 5 | 8 a.m. | Snow 7.5 in. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 6 | 8 a.m. | Snow 8 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 7 | 8 a.m. | Snow 10.5 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 8 | 8 a.m. | Snow 7 in. | in Lonsdale | 15 miles northwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 9 | 9:06 a.m. | Snow 9 in. | in Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 10 | 9:20 a.m. | Snow 8 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 11 | noon | Snow 8 in. | in Waterville | 16 miles west of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 12 | 1:46 p.m. | Snow 7 in.RemarkMEASURED AT 530 AM | 3 miles east-northeast of Montgomery | 17 miles northwest 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.
- Feb. 9, 2020: Up to 7.6 inches of snow in Faribault
- March 23, 2015: 7 inches of snow in Faribault
- Dec. 9, 2012: Up to 8.5 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.