Heavy Snow — Burnett, Wisconsin

2025-11-29 to 2025-11-30 · Burnett, Wisconsin

Event narrative

In addition to the lake effect snow along the South Shore, an area of low pressure brought snow to parts of inland northwest Wisconsin on the 29th as well. Most of the snowfall totals around Burnett County remained under 6 inches, but the Grantsburg area did receive up to 6.2 inches of accumulation by the time the snow ended during the early morning hours of the 30th.

Wider weather episode

A lake-effect snow band developed off the Twin Ports over western Lake Superior and moved on-shore during the afternoon and evening hours of the 29th. The band then stalled out over parts of Superior dropping 4 to 7 inches of snow before finally moving to the east into Bayfield County. An area of Bayfield County just to the south of Cornucopia saw additional enhancement with accumulations of 5 to 9 inches. Additionally, synoptic snowfall occurred over a portion of the region as well with snowfall barely reaching warning levels in Burnett County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1300416. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.