Western and Northern Minnesota Heavy Snow, February 28 - March 1, 2023

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