Southern Cass storm history

A two-vehicle crash occurred in Sylvan Township on the evening of the 26th. The Minnesota State Patrol reported that highway conditions were snow- and ice-covered.

Snowfall totals of 4 to 7 inches were reported across the southern half of Cass County. Slightly higher amounts were received from the far southern part of the county with a high report of 7.8 inches near Pillager.

Snow started out heavy across the southern portion of Cass County with just over six inches falling during the first four hours of the event in the far southwestern corner of the county. Snowfall totals of 4 to 7 inches were recorded across the southern part of the county with a …

Snowfall totals of 6 to 8 inches were reported across the southern part of the county with a high report of 9 inches 5 miles north of Pillager.

Snowfall totals in the area were generally in the 2 to 5 inch range. Enhanced snowfall was received across the western part of the county with a high report of 7.8 inches west-northwest of Hackensack near the county line.

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across much of the northwestern half of the southern part of the county as March began. D1 Moderate Drought conditions were in place across the southeastern half of the southern part of the county. All of the D2 Severe Drought conditions wer…

Wind chills as low as -44F were reported in the county.

Wind chills as low as -43F were reported in the county.

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across much of the northwestern half of the southern part of the county through the month of February. D1 Moderate Drought conditions were in place across the southeastern half of the southern part of the county. No changes in the drought ca…

Wind chills as low as -45F were reported in the southern part of the county.

Snowfall totals for the event ended up in the 4 to 6 inch range across much of the southern part of the county. A high report of 7 inches was reported near Leader.

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across much of the northwestern half of the southern part of the county through the month of January. D1 Moderate Drought conditions were in place across the southeastern half of the southern part of the county. No changes in the drought cat…

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across much of the northwestern half of the southern part of the county through the month of December. D1 Moderate Drought conditions were in place across the southeastern half of the southern part of the county. No changes in the drought ca…

November began with D2 Severe Drought conditions in place across all of southern Cass County. Precipitation during the middle of the month lead to the removal of D2 Severe Drought across roughly the southeastern half of the southern part of the county with the update on the 19th,…

D2 Severe Drought conditions began the month over a small area just southwest of Backus with the complete removal of D2 Severe Drought with the update on the 9th. Precipitation for the month was above normal over the county and continued drought improvement was observed over the …

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across almost all of southern Cass County for most of the month outside of a very small area D1 Moderate Drought along the Crow Wing River in the far southeastern corner of the county. Above normal precipitation during the latter half of the…

Snowfall began during the early morning hours of the 24th and continued into the evening of the 26th across southern Cass County. Around 6 to 8 inches of snow fell during the first 18 hours of the event with snowfall totals of 13-17 inches by the time it ended. A high report of 1…

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across almost all of southern Cass County for the duration of the month outside of a very small area D1 Moderate Drought along the Crow Wing River in the far southeastern corner of the county. This was despite precipitation being near to sli…

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across almost all of southern Cass County for the duration of the month outside of a very small area D1 Moderate Drought along the Crow Wing River in the far southeastern corner of the county. This was despite precipitation being near to sli…

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across almost all of southern Cass County for the duration of the month outside of a very small area D1 Moderate Drought along the Crow Wing River in the far southeastern corner of the county. Precipitation for the month was up to one-half i…

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across all of southern Cass County for the duration of the month. Only a very small area of improvement was seen with the update on the 26th along the Crow Wing River in the far southeastern corner of the county. Precipitation was around 1 t…

D2 Severe Drought conditions persisted across all of southern Cass County for the duration of the month with no changes to the drought status observed. Rainfall was up to an inch below normal for the month.

The entirety of southern Cass County was covered with D2 Severe Drought throughout the month of October with no changes in status observed over the course of the month. Rainfall for the month was slightly below normal overall.

The southern portion of Cass County was mainly covered by D3 Moderate Drought to begin the month. Rainfall for the month was around a inch below normal for areas near the Crow Wing River while it was around an inch over normal over much of the remainder of the southern part of th…

All of southern Cass County was in D2 Severe Drought for the majority of the month. Continued dry conditions through the month saw the expansion of D3 Extreme Drought into the entirety of the area with the update on the 29th. Portions of the northeastern part of southern Cass Cou…

July began with D1 Moderate Drought conditions across southern Cass County. Continued dry conditions over the month led to D2 Severe Drought being introduced across the entire southern part of the county with the update on the 25th and persisting through the remainder of the mont…

The winter storm brought a period of snow, rain and freezing rain to the region on the 4th into the 5th. While snowfall totals were around 4 inches or less, the period of freezing rain brought 0.30 of accumulation of ice to the Jenkins area during the morning hours of the 5th.

Snowfall totals of 7 to 12 inches were reported across the southern part of the county with a high report of 14 inches near Pine River.

Snowfall totals ranged from around 2 inches in the southern portion of southern Cass County to around 6 inches in the northern portion. A high report of 8.5 inches was received from the Pine River area.

Snowfall totals of 1 to 4 inches were reported across southern Cass County with a high report of 6.1 inches near Pillager.

Snowfall totals of 6 to 10 inches were reported across the southern portion of Cass County with a high report of 13.5 inches near Pine River.

Snowfall totals were generally around 3 inches or less, but an area of heavy snow led to a 6 report near Pine River over a period of 6 hours.

Heavier snowfall totals were seen across the southern portion of Cass County where amounts of 8 to 12 inches were received. The highest report was 16 inches just north of Pillager.

Snowfall reports of 5 to 7 inches were received from the southern portion of Cass County with a high report of 8 inches near Lake Shore.

Widespread snowfall totals of 10 to 16 inches were seen across southern Cass County. The highest report was 18 inches near the community of Lake Shore.

Heavy snowfall fell across southern Cass County and over 6 inches had piled up near Pillager in about 5 hours. Storm totals of 4 to 8 inches were reported when snow ended.

The month began with D2 Severe Drought across the far northeastern corner of the southern part of the county. Rainfall during the last week of October led to a slight reduction of D2 Extreme Drought, being replaced with D1 Moderate Drought. Precipitation over the remainder of the…

The southern part of the county was in D2 Severe Drought to begin the month with a tiny area of D1 Moderate Drought in the far southeastern corner. Rainfall for the month ended up around 1 to 2 inches above normal. Around a half inch of rain fell during the first week of the mont…

The southern part of the county began the month in D2 Severe Drought. Rainfall of around an inch fell during the first half of the month and did not put a dent in the yearly deficit. Moderate to heavy rainfall during the week of the 16th-20th totaled almost 2 inches and brought t…

The southern part of the county began the month with a mix of D3 Extreme Drought across most of the southern part of the county with D2 Severe Drought in the far southern part. Little rainfall during the first week of the month led to the upgrade of the remaining part of the sout…

Rainfall deficits of 6 to 9 inches were observed across southern Cass County by the middle of July. The southern part of the county was placed into D2 Severe Drought on July 6 with the southwestern part of the county being placed in D3 Extreme Drought with the July 20 update as t…

Drought conditions worsened at the beginning of July as rainfall deficits for the year approached 2 to 4 inches. A few rainfall events during the middle of the month resulted in total rainfall for the month in the 5 to 7 inch range, which was 1 to 3 inches above normal. This was …