Storm log
Sunday, March 24, 2024
5.5 inches of snow 1 mile west of Elko New Market; Faribault under a winter storm warning
The National Weather Service logged one storm report within 20 miles, a snow total. It issued a winter storm warning for Rice County; it included Faribault.
- Largest snow within 20 miles
- 5.5 in.1 mile west of Elko New Market
- Storm reports
- 1Within 20 miles
- Warnings
- 1For Rice County
- Faribault warned
- YesWinter storm warning, 10 to 1 a.m.
- In 2024: Rice County's second day with a winter storm warning, and the seventh storm day of the year.
- Winter storm warning, 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., March 25; over Faribault
- 1 storm report, 11 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 27° to 36°
- Wind gusts to 24 mph
- Pressure 29.63 to 30.12 in.
High 36° at 9:35 p.m., low 27° at 1:15 a.m. Peak gust 24 mph at 10:15 p.m. Shaded: the hours under the day's warnings (10 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 1
- 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.
| No. | Time | Report | Where | From Faribault | Reported by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 p.m. | Snow 5.5 in. | 1 mile west of Elko New Market | 20 miles north 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 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., March 25 Included Faribault
- Issued
- 10 a.m.
- In effect until
- 1 a.m., March 25
- Area
- Rice County's forecast zone
- Faribault
- Yes, inside its area.
- March 22, 2015: 4 inches of snow in Faribault
- March 13, 2017: 5.5 inches of snow 1 mile west-northwest of Owatonna
- March 11, 2013: 5.5 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.