Storm log
Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022
5.5 inches of snow 1 mile west-southwest of Elko New Market; Faribault under a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service logged two storm reports within 20 miles, all of them snow totals. It issued a winter storm warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 5.5 in.1 mile west-southwest of Elko New Market
- Storm reports
- 2Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesWinter storm warning, 9 to 3 a.m.
- In 2022: Rice County's first day with a winter storm warning, and the 21st storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, 9 a.m. to 3 a.m., Dec. 22; over Faribault
- 2 storm reports, 9:15 to 9:41 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 -9° to 1°
- Wind gusts to 10 mph
- Pressure 30.11 to 30.53 in.
High 1° at 4:15 p.m., low -9° at 2:35 a.m. Peak gust 10 mph at 12:15 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (9 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 2
- 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.
- Elko New Market 1
- Waseca 1
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9:15 p.m. | Snow 5.5 in.RemarkPHOTO MEASUREMENT PROVIDED VIA TWITTER. | 1 mile west-southwest of Elko New Market | 20 miles north of Faribault | Trained storm spotter |
| 2 | 9:41 p.m. | Snow 3.3 in. | 1 mile south of Waseca | 19 miles southwest 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.
Winter storm warning 9 a.m. to 3 a.m., Dec. 22 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 9 a.m.
- In effect until
- 3 a.m., Dec. 22
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- Nov. 29, 2025: 2 inches of snow in Faribault under a winter storm warning
- Jan. 12, 2009: 4 inches of snow in Faribault
- Jan. 30, 2014: 5.5 inches of snow 1 mile southeast of Northfield
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.