East Otter Tail storm history

Measurement of 7 inches for the winter storm at the OTTM5 COOP 1 SSW of Ottertail, MN in eastern Otter Tail County. There were other reports across eastern Otter Tail County ranging from 6 to 7 inches.

Deer Creek observer 2mi WSW reported a 8.0 inch storm total.

Parkers Prairie 7 inches of snow measured.

Visibility 1/4 mile or less for 3.5 hours this morning.

Mesonet station MN130 Fergus Falls MN DOT reported a wind chill of minus 40.

Mesonet station MN132 1 SSE Frazee MN DOT measured -50 wind chill.

Farm Coop estimated 6.0 inches.

D2 drought persisted all month.

Wind and cold air temperatures combined to create excessive cold conditions with apparent temperature as cold as -50F on the morning of the 20th at the Parkers Prairie MN NDAWN.

Southern Beltrami county was in D2 drought for the entire month of January in 2025.

Received a report of 6 inches of snow, storm total. Report received at 0710 on 12/20 as a delayed report. One SSW Ottertail, MN.

Received a report of 6 inches of snow, storm total. Report received at 0901 on 12/20 as a delayed report. Leaf Mountain Township, MN.

Received a report of 6.5 inches of snow, storm total. Report received at 0955 on 12/20 as a delayed report. Frazee, MN.

Eastern Otter Tail county was in D2 drought for the entire month of December in 2024.

Eastern Otter Tail County was in D2 Drought through the entire month of November.

Otter Tail county experienced 2 weeks of D2 drought in October, ongoing at the end of the month.

Public reports 10 inches of storm total snow in Henning.

CoCoRaHS in Deer Creek reports 10 inches of storm total snow.

East Otter Tail experienced D2 drought from September 1st through September 26th.

D2 drought continued in Eastern Otter Tail county on August 1st. It continued through the end of the month.

Drought Monitor went to D2 in Eastern Otter Tail county from July 25th through the end of the month.

CoCoRaHS station 2 WSW Deer Creek reports 6.5 inches of snow.

Ottertail CO-OP observer reports 8.5 inches of snow.

New York Mills CO-OP Observer reports storm total snow of 6.2 inches.

Deer Creek CoCoRaHS reports 6.3 inches of snow.

Reported 7 inches of snow with snow still falling at the time of report.

CO-OP Observer NYMM5 reports 7 inches of snow. Storm total.

Frazee RWIS reported wind chills below -40F for multiple hours, with the lowest of those being -40F.

NDAWN site Parkers Prairie 2 NW reports -40 to -42 wind chill.

CoCoRaHS station in Deer Creek reports 15.2 inches of snow. Storm total.

From 6 to 10 inches of snow was reported across most of the county, along with periods of significantly reduced visibilities in snow and blowing snow as winds frequently gusted to 35 mph. Bitter cold wind chills of from minus 30F to minus 50F through the morning hours of the 21st…

Blizzard conditions prevailed through the late morning and into much of the afternoon, with visibility down to 1/4 mile and winds frequently gusting over 35 mph.

Temperatures fell as low as 20 below zero, with winds ranging from 10 to 20 mph.

Wind chill values across the area fell into the range of 20 below zero to 40 below zero.

Overnight low temperatures dropped from minus 15 to minus 25 F, with winds of 10 to 20 mph producing wind chills from minus 35 to minus 55 F.

Temperatures plummeted well below zero, ranging from minus 25 to minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit, with wind chills of from minus 35 to minus 50F, throughout the overnight hours of the 5th through the morning of the 6th, and again from the late afternoon of the 6th through the morning…

Wind chill values fell as low as -38 degrees during the evening and into the overnight hours as reported by NDAWN Mesonet.

Wind chills fell to -37 degrees at nearby NDAWN Mesonet sites.

From 6 to 11 inches of snowfall occurred across the county, mainly through the evening and overnight hours.

Most locations received a mix of from 0.10 to 0.20 inches of sleet or freezing rain, from 3 to 5 inches of snow, and winds sustained at 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph.

Much of the county received from 5 to 10 inches of snow, from the late morning through early afternoon of the 5th.

Heavy snow of from 6 to 9 inches was reported across the county.

Cooperative Observer, AWOS, and Mesonet sensors reported morning low wind chill temperatures of from minus 35F to minus 45F, each day. Air temperatures of minus 35F or colder were recorded.

From 1 to 4 inches of fresh snow and winds gusting from 45 to 55 mph combined to produce widespread blizzard conditions.

Widespread low temperatures of from 22 to 32 degrees.