Storm log
Sunday, Dec. 11, 2016
Up to 9.5 inches of snow in Faribault
The National Weather Service logged 18 storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 9.5 in.Reported 10:30 a.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 11 in.In Montgomery
- Storm reports
- 18Within 20 miles
- In 2016: The 27th storm day of the year.
- 18 storm reports, 1:18 a.m. to noon
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 21°
- Wind gusts to 20 mph
- Pressure 29.81 to 30.06 in.
High 21° at 12:14 p.m., low 7° at 11:54 p.m. Peak gust 20 mph at 10:34 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 18
- 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.
- Northfield 4
- Faribault 3
- Owatonna 3
- Montgomery 2
- Kenyon 1
- Morristown 1
- Nerstrand 1
- Veseli 1
- Waseca 1
- Other places 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:18 a.m. | Snow 3 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 2 | 3:45 a.m. | Snow 7 in.RemarkRELAYED BY THE NWS IN LA CROSSE...WI. | in Northfield | 12 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 3 | 5 a.m. | Snow 5 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION VESELI 1W /MN-RC-11/. | 1 mile west-northwest of Veseli | 19 miles northwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 4 | 6 a.m. | Snow 8.5 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION MONTGOMERY 3ENE /MN-RC-1/. | 3 miles east-northeast of Montgomery | 17 miles northwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 5 | 6:24 a.m. | Snow 5.5 in. | 14 miles south of Faribault | 14 miles south of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 6 | 7 a.m. | Snow 4 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION WASECA 1NNE /MN-WC-5/. | 1 mile north-northeast of Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 7 | 7 a.m. | Snow 5.4 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION OWATONNA /MN-SE-2/. | 1 mile northeast of Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 8 | 7 a.m. | Snow 8.8 in.RemarkCO-OP OBSERVER STATION FARIBAULT /FBTM5/. | 1 mile north-northeast of Faribault | In Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 9 | 7 a.m. | Snow 7.6 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION NERSTRAND 4E /MN-GH-4/. | 4 miles east of Nerstrand | 15 miles east of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 10 | 8 a.m. | Snow 8 in. | in Kenyon | 14 miles east of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 11 | 8:30 a.m. | Snow 7 in. | in Faribault | In Faribault | Member of the public |
| 12 | 8:30 a.m. | Snow 8 in. | in Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 13 | 8:45 a.m. | Snow 7 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 14 | 10 a.m. | Snow 11 in. | in Montgomery | 18 miles northwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 15 | 10:30 a.m. | Snow 9.5 in. | 1 mile east of Faribault | In Faribault | Member of the public |
| 16 | 10:30 a.m. | Snow 9 in. | 1 mile north of Northfield | 14 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 17 | 11 a.m. | Snow 9.5 in. | 3 miles northeast of Morristown | 7 miles southwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 18 | noon | Snow 8.5 in. | in Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Member of the public |
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. 11, 2021: 10.2 inches of snow in Faribault
- Dec. 9, 2012: Up to 8.5 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
- 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.