Storm log
Friday, Dec. 3, 2010
Up to 5.5 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service logged 13 storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued a winter storm warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 5.5 in.Reported 8:22 p.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 7.3 in.1 mile southeast of Northfield
- Storm reports
- 13Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesWinter storm warning, noon to 6 a.m.
- In 2010: Rice County's second day with a winter storm warning, and the 27th storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, noon to 6 a.m., Dec. 4; over Faribault
- 13 storm reports, 2:13 to 11:50 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 19°
- Wind no gusts; to 10 mph
- Pressure 30.05 to 30.25 in.
High 19° at 11:14 p.m., low 7° at 2:54 a.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (noon to midnight). 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 13
- 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.
- Morristown 3
- Northfield 3
- Faribault 2
- Owatonna 2
- Waseca 2
- Waterville 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:13 p.m. | Snow 1.2 in. | in Morristown | 10 miles southwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 3:23 p.m. | Snow 1 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 3 | 4:56 p.m. | Snow 3 in. | 1 mile southeast of Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 4 | 5:09 p.m. | Snow 4.5 in. | in Waterville | 16 miles west of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 5 | 5:57 p.m. | Snow 3.8 in. | in Morristown | 10 miles southwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 6 | 6:22 p.m. | Snow 3.5 in. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 7 | 6:35 p.m. | Snow 3 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 8 | 7:38 p.m. | Snow 4.3 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 9 | 7:38 p.m. | Snow 5.8 in. | 1 mile southeast of Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 10 | 8:22 p.m. | Snow 5.5 in. | 1 mile west-northwest of Faribault | In Faribault | Member of the public |
| 11 | 8:35 p.m. | Snow 6 in. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Law enforcement |
| 12 | 10 p.m. | Snow 7.3 in. | 1 mile southeast of Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 13 | 11:50 p.m. | Snow 6.2 in. | in Morristown | 10 miles southwest 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.
Winter storm warning noon to 6 a.m., Dec. 4 Included Faribault
- Issued
- noon
- In effect until
- 6 a.m., Dec. 4
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- Dec. 19, 2024: 4.3 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
- Dec. 22, 2022: 4 inches of snow in Faribault under a blizzard warning
- Jan. 28, 2019: 6.5 inches 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.