Storm log
Friday, Feb. 24, 2017
Up to 8 inches of snow in Faribault
The National Weather Service logged 21 storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued no warnings for Rice County.
- Largest snow in Faribault
- 8 in.Reported 6:20 a.m.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 15.5 in.In Kenyon
- Storm reports
- 21Within 20 miles
- In 2017: The fifth storm day of the year.
- Against the records: One of the storm log's 10 biggest winter days since 2006, by its largest snow report.
- 21 storm reports, 1:25 a.m. to 6 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 19° to 28°
- Wind gusts to 28 mph
- Pressure 29.75 to 29.88 in.
High 28° at 12:14 a.m., low 19° at 10:14 p.m. Peak gust 28 mph at 4:54 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 21
- 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.
- Owatonna 6
- Waseca 6
- Kenyon 3
- Faribault 2
- Northfield 2
- Dennison 1
- Nerstrand 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1:25 a.m. | Snow 5.5 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 2 | 2:50 a.m. | Snow 7 in. | 1 mile south of Waseca | 19 miles southwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 3 | 4:11 a.m. | Snow 9.5 in.RemarkAT KRFO IN OWATONNA. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | TV or radio |
| 4 | 5:30 a.m. | Snow 10.5 in. | in Kenyon | 14 miles east of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 5 | 6:14 a.m. | Snow 10.6 in. | 1 mile south of Waseca | 19 miles southwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 6 | 6:20 a.m. | Snow 8 in. | 1 mile west-southwest of Faribault | In Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 7 | 6:30 a.m. | Snow 8.9 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION OWATONNA /MN-SE-2/. | 1 mile northeast of Owatonna | 14 miles south of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 8 | 6:55 a.m. | Snow 2.1 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION NORTHFIELD 2NE /MN-DK-63/. | 3 miles northeast of Northfield | 15 miles northeast of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 9 | 7 a.m. | Snow 11.6 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION WASECA 1NNE /MN-WC-5/. | 1 mile north-northeast of Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 10 | 7 a.m. | Snow 8 in.RemarkCO-OP OBSERVER STATION FARIBAULT /FBTM5/. | 1 mile north of Faribault | In Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 11 | 7 a.m. | Snow 10.3 in.RemarkCOCORAHS STATION NERSTRAND 4E /MN-GH-4/. | 4 miles east of Nerstrand | 15 miles east of Faribault | CoCoRaHS volunteer |
| 12 | 8 a.m. | Snow 7 in.RemarkCO-OP OBSERVER STATION WASECA (AG EXP FRM) /WASM5/. | 1 mile west-southwest of Waseca | 20 miles southwest of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 13 | 8 a.m. | Snow 10 in.RemarkCO-OP OBSERVER STATION OWATONNA /OWAM5/. | 1 mile north-northwest of Owatonna | 13 miles south of Faribault | NWS co-op observer |
| 14 | 8:25 a.m. | Snow 4.2 in. | 1 mile east of Northfield | 13 miles northeast of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 15 | 9:38 a.m. | Snow 14 in. | in Kenyon | 14 miles east of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 16 | 11:15 a.m. | Snow 9.5 in.RemarkREPORTED AT KOWZ, OWATONNA, MN. | 2 miles south of Owatonna | 16 miles south of Faribault | TV or radio |
| 17 | 11:15 a.m. | Snow 10 in. | 7 miles east of Dennison | 19 miles east of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 18 | 2:11 p.m. | Snow 7 in. | in Waseca | 18 miles southwest of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 19 | 2:50 p.m. | Snow 15.5 in. | in Kenyon | 14 miles east of Faribault | Member of the public |
| 20 | 4:30 p.m. | Snow 12.8 in. | 1 mile south of Waseca | 19 miles southwest of Faribault | TV or radio |
| 21 | 6 p.m. | Snow 14 in. | in Owatonna | 14 miles south 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.
- May 2, 2013: 4 inches of snow in Faribault
- Jan. 23, 2018: 13 inches of snow in Faribault
- March 3, 2007: 13 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.