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Northern Minnesota Is A Winter Wonderland Thursday: Photos
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Northland.
MINNESOTA — Winter came early for northern Minnesota. Several inches of snow was dumped overnight.
According to the National Weather Service. Up to 17 inches of snow fell west of Fargo and Grand Forks in North Dakota. Up to 5 inches fell in northeast Minnesota.
Temperatures Thursday morning also fell sharply, with wind chills down to 3 degrees in some places.
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It feels like November out there this morning! Wind chills at 7 AM are in the teens and 20s across the region. #mnwx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/di8ZdYieLx
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) October 11, 2018
Meanwhile in central Minnesota, the Twin Cities saw its first flakes of the season.
First snow of the season! We saw flurries here at our office in Chanhassen between 3:30 and 4:30 AM. Several other reports of flurries around the metro during the pre-dawn hours, including at MSP Airport around 5:15 AM (earliest flurries on record at MSP is Sept 15th). #mnwx
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) October 11, 2018
Here's what various towns across the Northland look like Thursday morning:
US 59, Mahnomen
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MN 171st, Vincent
MN 1, Ely
MN 11, Donaldson
A little different look today. #mnwx pic.twitter.com/Av8wf55uor
— NWS Duluth (@NWSduluth) October 11, 2018
MN 89, Gatzke
Also read: Here's what to expect in the Twin Cities this weekend.
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