Yesterday afternoon we shared that Duluth was only half an inch away from breaking a snowfall record, and we managed to get enough snow to break the record later in the day. Just after 2 pm yesterday, the National Weather Service shared that Duluth had officially seen 9.5 inches of snow at the airport (where official measurements are taken). this was just a half inch short of the most snow from a single-day October snow event ever on record.

Now that the snow has stopped, we have a final measurement, showing that we picked up enough snow to surpass the old record and make yesterday's storm the record holder for most snow from a single-day snow event. With a total of 10.6 inches of snow at the airport, we beat the 84 year old record by 6/10 of an inch.

If you're thinking the Halloween of 1991 blizzard is notably missing, we promise, it isn't. As we explained yesterday, The multi-day event in 1991 only dropped 4.2 inches on October 31 (which is still a top 10 day noted on the chart below).

Snowfall totals from around the region as of 10:30 am on Saturday are as follows:

  • 12 inches - Gile, WI
  • 10.9 inches - Scanlon, MN
  • 10.6 inches - Duluth Airport
  • 10.3 inches - Finland, MN
  • 10.1 inches - Holyoke, MN
  • 9.5 inches - Cloquet, MN
  • 8 inches - Esko, MN
  • 8 inches- Moose Lake, MN
  • 7.6 inches - Silver Bay, MN
  • 7 inches - Mahtowa, MN
  • 7 inches - Twig, MN
  • 6.8 inches - Wrenshall, MN
  • 6.2 inches - Wright, MN
  • 6 inches - Proctor, MN
  • 6 inches - Washburn, WI
  • 5.5 inches - Maple, WI
  • 4.7 inches - Tamarack, MN
  • 4 inches - Duluth (Congdon Park)
  • 3.8 inches - Iron River, WI
  • 3 inches - West Duluth, MN

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