Winter Weather in Yellow Medicine, Minnesota

Winter Weather December 12, 2025 · Yellow Medicine, Minnesota

What the National Weather Service wrote

The AWOS located at the Granite Falls Municipal Airport reported gusty winds over 30 mph and visibility below three quarters of a mile due to blowing snow.

The wider storm

A strong surface cold front moved across the northern plains on December 12th. The front featured a brief period of light snow in the early morning across western Minnesota, then a mixture of light snow and freezing precipitation across eastern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro around the morning rush-hour. The greatest impacts occurred across western Minnesota where a cold airmass increased winds to 25-35 mph. In areas where snow had just recently fallen, the increased winds created periods of reduced visibility as a result of blowing snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1305087. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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