Storm log
Friday, April 12, 2013
6.5 inches of snow 5 miles east-southeast of New Prague
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 within 20 miles
- 6.5 in.5 miles east-southeast of New Prague
- Storm reports
- 6Within 20 miles
- In 2013: The 16th storm day of the year.
- 6 storm reports, 7 a.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 28° to 36°
- Wind gusts to 20 mph
- Pressure 29.64 to 29.84 in.
High 36° at 4:01 p.m., low 28° at 1:01 a.m. Peak gust 20 mph at 2:21 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 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 1
- Montgomery 1
- Nerstrand 1
- New Prague 1
- Owatonna 1
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 a.m. | Snow 5.6 in. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 2 | 7 a.m. | Snow 4.1 in. | 1 mile east of Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 3 | 7 a.m. | Snow 3.8 in. | 4 miles east of Nerstrand | 15 miles east of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 4 | 7 a.m. | Snow 4.5 in. | 3 miles east-northeast of Montgomery | 17 miles northwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 5 | 7 a.m. | Snow 4.5 in. | 1 mile south-southwest of Lonsdale | 14 miles northwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 6 | 7 a.m. | Snow 6.5 in. | 5 miles east-southeast of New Prague | 19 miles northwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
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.
- April 12, 2020: 6.5 inches of snow in Owatonna; Faribault under a winter storm warning
- April 4, 2014: 3 inches of snow in Faribault
- April 22, 2013: 6.5 inches of snow in Northfield; 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.