East Polk storm history

AWOS station KFSE, located at Fosston MN airport, recorded low visibility and gusty winds through the morning and into the early afternoon. Blizzard persisted from 815am to 215pm with a peak wind gust measured at 44mph at Fosston. Several wind gusts ranging from 60 to 72 mph were…

Measurement of 7.8 inches of snow for the event at Fertile, MN. There was another public report of measured snow for the event 1 mile ENE of Erskine of 7.0 inches in eastern Polk County.

Lengby spotter measured 12 inches of snow.

Storm total of 7 inches with ice underneath the snow.

Mesonet station 7252D Maple Bay MN 4 S reported a wind chill of minus 45.

Mesonet reported a wind chill of negative 45 degrees.

Wind and cold air temperatures combined to create excessive cold conditions with apparent temperature as cold as -53F on the morning of the 20th at the Fosston AWOS.

CoCoRaHS 2.5 SSW of Mentor reports 6 inches of storm total snow.

Public reports 6 inches of storm total snow in Gully.

East Polk county experienced D2 drought from September 12th through September 26th.

Spotter reports 7 inches of snow in Lengby.

Mentor CoCoRaHS reports 8.5 inches of snow.

Erskine CoCoRaHS reports 6.3 inches of snow.

Storm total snow of 7 inches 6 N Fertile.

Fosston Airport reported wind chills below -40F for multiple hours, with the lowest of those being -47F.

CoCoRaHS station 3 ENE Maple Bay reports 15 inches of snow. Storm total.

Several reports of tree branches down across the area.

A MNDOT sensor recorded a 58 mph wind gust.

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.

Visibility well below 0.25 mile with winds sustained at or above 35 mph. Numerous highways were shut down in MN.

Up to 4 inches of snow fell across west-central Minnesota as reported on social media and via public reports.

Temperatures fell into the teens below zero across the area, with winds of 15 to 25 mph; wind chills were as low as 40 below zero.

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

Wind chill values fell into the range of 30 below zero to 50 below zero across much of the area.

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.

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 50 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 -51 degrees during the evening and into the overnight hours as reported by NDAWN Mesonet.

Wind chills fell to -38 degrees at nearby NDAWN Mesonet sites.

From 6 to 10 inches of snowfall occurred across the county.

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

Much of the county received from 6 to 12 inches of snow, from the late morning through early afternoon of the 5th.

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.

Cooperative Observer, AWOS, and Mesonet sensors reported morning low wind chill temperatures of from minus 35F to minus 46F, each day.

A winter storm produced from 1 to 4 inches of snow, winds gusting to 45 mph at times, and wind chills of -25F or colder.