Image credit: National Weather Service, Grand Forks, ND
Bands of heavy snow spread into western, central, and northern Minnesota from Tuesday February 28 into Wednesday March 1, 2023.
The snow developed to the north of a stationary (warm/cold) boundary and low-pressure area that moved from South Dakota across Minnesota. Snow began falling Tuesday evening, and continued through the night and through much of Wednesday, hitting hardest in the communities near Fargo-Moorhead, where the snow accumulated to 10 inches or more. Kragnes and Moorhead in Clay County both reported 14 inches and Dilworth reported 12 inches.
Other heavy snowfall accumulations, generally 6-10 inches, extended eastward through Detroit Lakes, Lake Itasca, Walker, Leech Lake, the Whitefish Lakes chain north of Brainer, and eastward towards the lower north shore of Lake Superior. Duluth reported 6.2 inches of snow with this storm.
The following reports were summarized by the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, ND.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1131 AM CST FRI MAR 3 2023 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0500 PM HEAVY SNOW CAMPBELL 46.10N 96.41W 03/01/2023 M6.5 INCH WILKIN MN PUBLIC STORM TOTAL. 1007 PM HEAVY SNOW BRECKENRIDGE 46.26N 96.59W 03/01/2023 E7.0 INCH WILKIN MN BROADCAST MEDIA BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYS PUBLIC REPORT OF ESTIMATED 7 INCHES OF SNOW. STORM TOTAL. 0335 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 N MENAHGA 46.78N 95.10W 03/01/2023 M9.0 INCH WADENA MN PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORTS 9 INCHES OF SNOW. RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL SNOW. 0500 PM HEAVY SNOW MENAHGA 46.75N 95.10W 03/01/2023 M10.0 INCH WADENA MN PUBLIC STORM TOTAL. 1006 PM HEAVY SNOW NEW YORK MILLS 46.52N 95.37W 03/01/2023 E6.0 INCH OTTER TAIL MN BROADCAST MEDIA BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYS PUBLIC REPORT OF 6 INCHES OF SNOW. STORM TOTAL. 0636 AM SNOW 1 SSW OTTERTAIL 46.42N 95.57W 03/02/2023 M5.5 INCH OTTER TAIL MN CO-OP OBSERVER CO-OP OBSERVER STATION OTTM5 OTTERTAIL MN. STORM TOTAL. 0730 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 SSW NEW YORK MILLS 46.51N 95.38W 03/02/2023 M7.0 INCH OTTER TAIL MN CO-OP OBSERVER CO-OP OBSERVER STATION NYMM5 NEW YORK MILLS MN. STORM TOTAL. 0621 AM HEAVY SNOW NAYTAHWAUSH 47.26N 95.63W 03/01/2023 M9.0 INCH MAHNOMEN MN PUBLIC 1000 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NNW PARK RAPIDS 46.96N 95.08W 03/01/2023 M7.5 INCH HUBBARD MN PUBLIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT. 0344 PM HEAVY SNOW NEVIS 46.97N 94.84W 03/01/2023 E6.0 INCH HUBBARD MN PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORTS 6 INCHES OF SNOW. RELAYED VIA FACEBOOK. STORM TOTAL SNOW. 0755 AM HEAVY SNOW ASHBY 46.09N 95.82W 03/01/2023 M5.0 INCH GRANT MN PUBLIC 0735 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 SE LAKE ITASCA 47.22N 95.17W 03/01/2023 M9.5 INCH CLEARWATER MN PUBLIC 1214 PM HEAVY SNOW KRAGNES 46.99N 96.75W 03/01/2023 M14.0 INCH CLAY MN PUBLIC RELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. SNOW CONTINUING BUT DIMINISHING. 0400 PM HEAVY SNOW MOORHEAD 46.86N 96.76W 03/01/2023 M14.0 INCH CLAY MN PUBLIC VIA BROADCAST MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA POST. STORM TOTAL. 1010 PM HEAVY SNOW DILWORTH 46.88N 96.70W 03/01/2023 E12.0 INCH CLAY MN BROADCAST MEDIA BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYS PUBLIC REPORT OF 12 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOW. 0700 AM SNOW 5 SSE TURTLE RIVER 47.52N 94.72W 03/02/2023 M1.0 INCH BELTRAMI MN COCORAHS COCORAHS STATION MN-BM-15 BEMIDJI MN 7.8 ENE. 0530 AM HEAVY SNOW WHITE EARTH 47.10N 95.84W 03/01/2023 M9.0 INCH BECKER MN PUBLIC 0734 AM HEAVY SNOW 10 NW PONSFORD 47.07N 95.53W 03/01/2023 M9.5 INCH BECKER MN PUBLIC MEASURED AT HOOT OWL RESORT EAST OF ELBOW LAKE. 0500 PM HEAVY SNOW LAKE PARK 46.88N 96.10W 03/01/2023 M10.0 INCH BECKER MN PUBLIC STORM TOTAL. 0600 PM HEAVY SNOW CORMORANT 46.73N 96.07W 03/01/2023 M9.3 INCH BECKER MN PUBLIC CORRECTS PREVIOUS HEAVY SNOW REPORT FROM CORMORANT. NEAR LAKE IDA. STORM TOTAL. 0700 AM SNOW 4 SE WESTBURY 46.89N 95.84W 03/02/2023 M4.5 INCH BECKER MN COCORAHS COCORAHS STATION MN-BK-10 DETROIT LAKES MN 5.7 N. 0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 NNW CORMORANT 46.80N 96.12W 03/02/2023 M8.0 INCH BECKER MN COCORAHS CORRECTS PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 5 NNW CORMORANT. COCORAHS STATION MN-BK-6 LAKE PARK MN 6.0 S.
Modified March 6, 2023