Snow, snow, snow and more snow has been a topic of many discussions throughout the month of February. And with good cause. The snowfall of Wednesday, February 20th, made a huge impact on snowfall records throughout the Midwest.
Monthly totals were recorded as follows:
• Worthington, MN – 30.7” (normal snowfall – 7.4”)
• Marshall, MN – 32.0” – (normal snowfall – 8.5”)
• Sioux Falls, SD – 17.3” – (record snowfall in 1962 of 48.4”)
• Brookings, SD – 15.5”
• Flandreau, SD – 26.2”
• Sheldon, IA – 21.9”
These totals were shared by KSFY’s meteorologist Sam Gabrielli on Thursday over the KSFY Facebook page.
Here’s how the wintry month of February has been, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
• February 3 & 4: “In southern and eastern parts of the state, warm air aloft melted the falling snow into raindrops, which then froze into a glaze on streets and sidewalks, leading to hundreds of accidents, spinouts, and stuck vehicles.
• February 5: “Heavy snow spread over much of southern Minnesota, creating major traffic problems for the second day in a row. One particularly intense and persistent band of snow set up in the vicinity of Marshall, Minnesota, where accumulations reached 7-9 inches. The heavy snow led to some early releases from schools.”
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