Storm log
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012
Up to 8.5 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service logged nine 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
- 8.5 in.Reported 9:45 p.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 11 in.In New Market
- Storm reports
- 9Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesWinter storm warning, 1:40 a.m. to midnight
- In 2012: Rice County's second day with a winter storm warning, and the 24th storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, 1:40 a.m. to midnight, Dec. 10; over Faribault
- 9 storm reports, 7:08 a.m. to 9:45 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 21° to 32°
- Wind gusts to 22 mph
- Pressure 29.77 to 29.98 in.
High 32° at 12:14 a.m., low 21° at 11:54 p.m. Peak gust 22 mph at 8:14 a.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (1:40 a.m. 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 9
- 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
- Owatonna 3
- New Market 2
- Northfield 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7:08 a.m. | Snow 0.2 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 8 a.m. | Snow 1 in.RemarkSILL SNOWING | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 3 | 10:49 a.m. | Snow 1 in.RemarkSTILL SNOWING | in Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 4 | 12:17 p.m. | Snow 7 in.RemarkSTILL SNOWING | in New Market | 20 miles north of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 5 | 2:28 p.m. | Snow 2 in.RemarkSNOW TAPERING | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 6 | 2:42 p.m. | Snow 11 in.RemarkSTILL SNOWING | in New Market | 20 miles north of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 7 | 3:27 p.m. | Snow 8 in.RemarkSNOW TAPERED | in Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 8 | 4:35 p.m. | Snow 3.5 in.RemarkSNOW TAPERED | 1 mile east of Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 9 | 9:45 p.m. | Snow 8.5 in.RemarkSINCE 9 AM. | in Faribault | In 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 1:40 a.m. to midnight, Dec. 10 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 1:40 a.m.
- In effect until
- midnight, Dec. 10
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- Dec. 11, 2021: 10.2 inches of snow in Faribault
- Dec. 11, 2016: Up to 9.5 inches of snow in Faribault
- Dec. 4, 2010: 11 inches of snow 1 mile south of Stanton
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.