Heavy Snow — Southern Aitkin, Minnesota

2019-12-08 to 2019-12-09 · Southern Aitkin, Minnesota

Wider weather episode

Low pressure developed over Wyoming and Montana on the 8th and moved eastward across the Dakotas and into northeastern Iowa on the morning of the 9th, setting up an area of snow to the north of the low that passed across the Northland. Snow began the evening of the 8th and ended for most the afternoon of the 9th, although lake effect snows of Lake Superior lasted into the 10th before ending. Snowfall totals of 6 to 8 inches were common across much of northeastern Minnesota with a high of 10 in the Minnesota Arrowhead.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 868507. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.