Winter Weather — Chisago, Minnesota

2025-12-25 to 2025-12-26 · Chisago, Minnesota

Event narrative

The AWOS at Rush City reported several hours of freezing drizzle while temperatures were at or below freezing. Multiple CoCoRaHS observers reported light icing on roads and sidewalks.

Wider weather episode

It was a dreary holiday with periods of rain, freezing drizzle, and fog impacting travel conditions throughout the day. The freezing precipitation resulted in light icing, primarily in areas north of the Twin Cities metro and north of I-94 in central Minnesota, with various reports noting anywhere from a glaze to a couple hundredths of ice accumulation. The worst travel conditions from the freezing precipitation were mainly late Christmas evening and night.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1307435. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.