Station Overview Station Location
Station Number MN-HN-9 Latitude 45.0038728
Station Name Minneapolis 3.0 NNW Longitude -93.2894762
County Hennepin Elevation (ft) 893



Month 30 Yr Avg by PRISM Total Prcp Sum Days Covered By All Observations Daily Prcp Sum Daily Observation Count Multiday Prcp Sum Days Covered by Multiday Observations Multiday Observation Count Days With Prcp Days With Trace Total Snowfall Days With Snowfall Days With Snow On Ground
Oct 15 2.60 1.65 22 1.65 22 0.00 0 0 4 1 0.0 0 0
Nov 15 1.88 4.10 8 4.10 8 0.00 0 0 3 3 0.0 0 0
Dec 15 1.26 0.11 3 0.11 3 0.00 0 0 1 0 8.8 5 5
Jan 16 0.98 0.00 1 0.00 1 0.00 0 0 0 1 2.2 3 0
Feb 16 0.79 0.00 5 0.00 5 0.00 0 0 0 2 12.5 1 1
March 16 1.85 0.25 12 0.25 12 0.00 0 0 1 5 0.0 0 0
April 16 2.87 0.25 6 0.25 6 0.00 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
May 16 3.78 0.90 7 0.90 7 0.00 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
June 16 4.47 2.82 11 2.82 11 0.00 0 0 5 2 0.0 0 0
July 16 4.49 2.73 10 2.73 10 0.00 0 0 6 0 0.0 0 0
Aug 16 4.17 3.74 7 3.74 7 0.00 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Sept 16 3.49 4.00 5 4.00 5 0.00 0 0 2 1 0.0 0 0
Water Year Totals: 32.63" 20.55" 97 days 20.55" 97 0.00" 0 days 0 27 days 15 days 23.5" 9 days 6 days



Days in Water Year Cell Color Key
        Daily Observation with Prcp         Missing Day
        Multiday Observation         Daily/Multiday Observation Conflict

Day of Year Daily Prcp Multiday Prcp
10/1/2015 0.00
10/2/2015
10/3/2015 0.00
10/4/2015 0.00
10/5/2015
10/6/2015
10/7/2015 0.00
10/8/2015 0.40
10/9/2015 0.00
10/10/2015 T
10/11/2015 0.00
10/12/2015 0.00
10/13/2015
10/14/2015 0.00
10/15/2015 0.00
10/16/2015 0.00
10/17/2015 0.00
10/18/2015 0.00
10/19/2015 0.00
10/20/2015 0.00
10/21/2015 0.00
10/22/2015 0.00
10/23/2015 0.10
10/24/2015 1.10
10/25/2015 0.00
10/26/2015 0.05
10/27/2015
10/28/2015
10/29/2015
10/30/2015
10/31/2015
11/1/2015
11/2/2015
11/3/2015
11/4/2015
11/5/2015
11/6/2015 T
11/7/2015
11/8/2015 0.00
11/9/2015 0.00
11/10/2015
11/11/2015
11/12/2015 2.75
11/13/2015 T
11/14/2015
11/15/2015
11/16/2015 0.05
11/17/2015 1.30
11/18/2015
11/19/2015
11/20/2015
11/21/2015
11/22/2015
11/23/2015
11/24/2015
11/25/2015
11/26/2015 T
11/27/2015
11/28/2015
11/29/2015
11/30/2015
12/1/2015 M
12/2/2015
12/3/2015
12/4/2015
12/5/2015
12/6/2015
12/7/2015
12/8/2015 0.00
12/9/2015
12/10/2015
12/11/2015 0.11
12/12/2015 0.00
12/13/2015
12/14/2015
12/15/2015
12/16/2015 M
12/17/2015
12/18/2015
12/19/2015
12/20/2015
12/21/2015
12/22/2015
12/23/2015 M
12/24/2015
12/25/2015
12/26/2015 M
12/27/2015
12/28/2015
12/29/2015 M
12/30/2015
12/31/2015
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
1/1/2016
1/2/2016
1/3/2016
1/4/2016
1/5/2016
1/6/2016
1/7/2016 M
1/8/2016 M
1/9/2016
1/10/2016
1/11/2016
1/12/2016
1/13/2016
1/14/2016
1/15/2016
1/16/2016
1/17/2016 M
1/18/2016
1/19/2016
1/20/2016 M
1/21/2016
1/22/2016
1/23/2016
1/24/2016 T
1/25/2016
1/26/2016
1/27/2016
1/28/2016
1/29/2016
1/30/2016
1/31/2016
2/1/2016
2/2/2016
2/3/2016 M
2/4/2016
2/5/2016
2/6/2016
2/7/2016 T
2/8/2016
2/9/2016
2/10/2016 0.00
2/11/2016
2/12/2016
2/13/2016
2/14/2016
2/15/2016
2/16/2016
2/17/2016
2/18/2016
2/19/2016
2/20/2016
2/21/2016
2/22/2016
2/23/2016
2/24/2016
2/25/2016
2/26/2016
2/27/2016 0.00
2/28/2016 0.00
2/29/2016 T
3/1/2016 0.00
3/2/2016 0.00
3/3/2016 0.00
3/4/2016 T
3/5/2016
3/6/2016 0.00
3/7/2016 0.00
3/8/2016
3/9/2016
3/10/2016 T
3/11/2016
3/12/2016
3/13/2016
3/14/2016 T
3/15/2016
3/16/2016
3/17/2016
3/18/2016
3/19/2016 T
3/20/2016 T
3/21/2016
3/22/2016 0.00
3/23/2016
3/24/2016
3/25/2016
3/26/2016
3/27/2016 0.25
3/28/2016
3/29/2016
3/30/2016
3/31/2016
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
4/1/2016
4/2/2016
4/3/2016
4/4/2016
4/5/2016
4/6/2016 0.10
4/7/2016
4/8/2016
4/9/2016
4/10/2016
4/11/2016
4/12/2016
4/13/2016
4/14/2016 0.00
4/15/2016 0.00
4/16/2016 0.00
4/17/2016 0.00
4/18/2016
4/19/2016
4/20/2016
4/21/2016
4/22/2016
4/23/2016
4/24/2016 0.15
4/25/2016
4/26/2016
4/27/2016
4/28/2016
4/29/2016
4/30/2016
5/1/2016
5/2/2016
5/3/2016 0.00
5/4/2016 0.00
5/5/2016 0.00
5/6/2016
5/7/2016 0.00
5/8/2016 0.00
5/9/2016 0.00
5/10/2016 0.90
5/11/2016
5/12/2016
5/13/2016
5/14/2016
5/15/2016
5/16/2016
5/17/2016
5/18/2016
5/19/2016
5/20/2016
5/21/2016
5/22/2016
5/23/2016
5/24/2016
5/25/2016
5/26/2016
5/27/2016
5/28/2016
5/29/2016
5/30/2016
5/31/2016
6/1/2016
6/2/2016
6/3/2016
6/4/2016
6/5/2016
6/6/2016
6/7/2016 T
6/8/2016
6/9/2016 0.95
6/10/2016 0.02
6/11/2016 T
6/12/2016
6/13/2016 1.10
6/14/2016
6/15/2016 0.71
6/16/2016
6/17/2016 0.00
6/18/2016
6/19/2016
6/20/2016
6/21/2016
6/22/2016 0.00
6/23/2016 0.04
6/24/2016 0.00
6/25/2016
6/26/2016
6/27/2016
6/28/2016 0.00
6/29/2016
6/30/2016
Day of YearDaily PrcpMultiday Prcp
7/1/2016 0.03
7/2/2016
7/3/2016 0.00
7/4/2016
7/5/2016 0.00
7/6/2016 2.00
7/7/2016 0.10
7/8/2016 0.00
7/9/2016
7/10/2016 0.28
7/11/2016 0.00
7/12/2016
7/13/2016
7/14/2016
7/15/2016
7/16/2016
7/17/2016 0.21
7/18/2016
7/19/2016
7/20/2016
7/21/2016 0.11
7/22/2016
7/23/2016
7/24/2016
7/25/2016
7/26/2016
7/27/2016
7/28/2016
7/29/2016
7/30/2016
7/31/2016
8/1/2016 0.00
8/2/2016
8/3/2016
8/4/2016 0.00
8/5/2016
8/6/2016 0.00
8/7/2016
8/8/2016
8/9/2016
8/10/2016
8/11/2016 3.10
8/12/2016
8/13/2016
8/14/2016
8/15/2016
8/16/2016
8/17/2016
8/18/2016
8/19/2016 0.64
8/20/2016
8/21/2016
8/22/2016
8/23/2016 0.00
8/24/2016
8/25/2016
8/26/2016 0.00
8/27/2016
8/28/2016
8/29/2016
8/30/2016
8/31/2016
9/1/2016
9/2/2016
9/3/2016
9/4/2016 0.00
9/5/2016 0.80
9/6/2016
9/7/2016
9/8/2016
9/9/2016
9/10/2016
9/11/2016
9/12/2016
9/13/2016
9/14/2016
9/15/2016
9/16/2016
9/17/2016
9/18/2016
9/19/2016
9/20/2016
9/21/2016 T
9/22/2016 3.20
9/23/2016
9/24/2016
9/25/2016
9/26/2016
9/27/2016
9/28/2016
9/29/2016
9/30/2016 0.00



Observation Date Observation Time Precipitation Snowfall Snowfall SWE Snow Depth Snow SWE Notes
10/1/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M It appears that leaf fall color is more prevalent in the suburbs than near downtown Minneapolis. Still mostly green leaves in the inner city. Cool nights and mild afternoons continues.
10/3/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Moderate Dew this morning.
10/4/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/7/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mild daytime temperatures and cool night temperatures continue. Trees have accelerated their fall color change. Light winds the past few days.
10/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.40 M M M M Thunder overnight. Feels like an early Spring day this morning with warmth and humidity. Doesn't feel like October. Trees rapidly changing to brilliant red and yellow colors in the core of the city-Minneapolis.
10/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Uneventful.
10/10/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Just a sprinkle.
10/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm temperatures. Morning Glory flowers blooming. Feels like early Spring rather than Fall.
10/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Strong winds overnight during early morning hours before sunrise. Strong cold front came through dropping temperatures almost 20 degrees.
10/14/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very pleasant fall day the past 24 hours. Brilliant yellows and red fall foliage. Near peak color in the Twin Cities.
10/15/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Colder weather arriving. More leaves blowing off the trees.
10/17/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M First Frost at this station for this Fall Season. Still quite a bit of fall foilage color around this station.
10/18/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/19/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
10/20/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warm overnight for this time of season.
10/21/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Spectacular fall foliage color around this station. Red, Yellow, Purple, Orange, Green and Gold colors. It was a beautiful fall day the past 24 hours. Light wind.
10/22/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Calm wind this morning. Dew on the cars. Morning Glory beautiful vine flowers blooming the past few days. They were not affected by the frost we had on one morning recently.
10/23/2015 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Despite the rain showers Morning Glory flowers continue to bloom this late October. This is a system of heavy showers and light showers. How much precip one gets today is all dependent on where you are located around the Twin Cities and surrounding communities. It has been dry and every drop helps.
10/24/2015 7:00 AM 1.10 M M M M A wet fall day. Nothing unusual just a typical wet fall day.
10/25/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Mostly cloudy. Cool. Uneventful weather day.
10/26/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 M M M M Light showers overnight.
11/6/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Only a trace of rain from a shower. This morning Still roses blooming in the yard and morning glory flowers blooming despite a light frost several days ago.
11/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Unseasonably warm.
11/9/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
11/12/2015 7:00 AM 2.75 0.0 M 0.0 M Thunderstorm, lightning, heavy rain. It's November; but, feels like Spring for the past day. There was some pea size hail in the metro; but, not at this station.
11/13/2015 7:00 AM T M M M M Only a sprinkle
11/16/2015 7:00 AM 0.05 0.0 M 0.0 M Despite the cooler weather, I had a morning glory flower blooming on the plant next to the building. Looks like heat island effect is helping the plant stay alive enough to bloom.
11/17/2015 7:00 AM 1.30 0.0 M 0.0 M Important--There was a short period of time that there was an intense heavy rain. Otherwise just rain and rain showers.
11/26/2015 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Just a trace of precip the last 24 hours. Liquid type. Not frozen.
12/1/2015 7:00 AM M 1.8 M 3.1 M Snow on ground appears to be compacting due to ground temperatures and air temperatures.
12/8/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M unseasonably warm. Zero snow on the ground
12/11/2015 7:00 AM 0.11 0.0 M 0.0 M
12/12/2015 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Still unseasonably warm and cloudy Temperatures 30s and 40s in the area.
12/16/2015 7:00 AM M 0.8 M 0.8 M
12/23/2015 7:00 AM M 0.5 M 0.5 M Light snow showers overnight Snow accumulation keeps melting due to temperature near melting point. 33 degrees
12/26/2015 7:00 AM M 2.5 M 2.7 M snow flocked trees.
12/29/2015 7:00 AM M 3.2 M 3.7 M Snow has significant moisture in it. This is not a fluffy light snow.
1/7/2016 6:30 AM M 0.4 M M M Temperature near 30 degrees during the night.
1/8/2016 7:00 AM M 1.3 M M M This was a wet snow. It flocked the trees and bushes. For several minutes at the start of the snowfall the snowflakes were the size of half dollars.
1/17/2016 7:00 AM M T M M M Trace Of Fluffy snowflakes during past 24 hours. Minus 13 degrees at time of observation. Wind Chill minus 31 at time of observation. NWS has a wind chill warning in effect until 10 a.m.01/17/2016
1/20/2016 7:00 AM M 0.5 M M M Light fluffy snowflakes. Brief snowfall overnight.
1/24/2016 7:00 AM T T T M M Just a few snow flurries. Nothing ongoing. Just occasional flurries.
2/3/2016 7:00 AM M 12.5 M 13.2 M Heavy Snow past 24 hours. Strong winds during past 24 hours. Snow flocked trees and plant stems.
2/7/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M M M Very brief period of freezing rain overnight. No snowfall. Just freezing rain. Temperatures warmed and compacting of snow depth noted.
2/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very cold and windy last 24 hours. This bitterly cold weather and bitterly cold wind chills are affecting people going shopping. A lot people staying warmer at home.
2/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Early spring-like conditions
2/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M After a beautiful weather day with Spring-like temperatures, this morning returns to a winter-like weather day with cold north winds.
2/29/2016 7:00 AM T T T T M Brief moderate show showers early in the 24 hour observation period. Trace of accumulation that rapidly melted within an hour and a half.
3/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/2/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M T M Winter continues. Our brief warm up for one day recently was welcomed by most everyone except people who earn a living removing snowfall. Now it is back to winter-like temperatures and the usual cloudy cold days.
3/4/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M Just brief snow shower. No accumulation
3/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
3/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry and much warmer.
3/10/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Somewhat misty during last 24 hours.
3/14/2016 7:00 AM T 0.0 M 0.0 M Cloudy
3/19/2016 7:00 AM T T M T M Very light snow showers with a little rain mixed in at times during the past 24 hours.
3/20/2016 7:00 AM T T M M M Isolated snow flurries.
3/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Quiet early Spring day. The Elm trees are blooming. And, Iris plants are up about 3 inches in this warmer weather; but, a major winter storm looks like it my cover the area with up to a foot of snow later this week setting the plants back. Temperature forecast to be 24 for a low for later in the week.
3/27/2016 7:00 AM 0.25 0.0 M 0.0 M Cool and wet. Some trees and plants trying to start to grow; but, cool wet weather is slowing the process.
4/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.10 0.0 M 0.0 M Cool and moist.
4/14/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Windy with gusts. Much warmer night and day. Very low humidity and dew point.
4/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Winds lighter than yesterday morning. Clear skies. There is no dew as the air is very dry.
4/16/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Warm and dry. Some plants blooming. Trees starting to get their leaves.
4/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M 0.0 M Clear skies, sunny morning. Light breeze. Somewhat dry as no rain for several days.
4/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.15 0.0 M 0.0 M A rainy early morning. Rain continues. Lightning and loud thunder that shook the house. Temperature is in mid 50s.
5/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Warmer
5/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Breezy once the sun rises. A few trees still have not fully developed leaves.
5/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Very dry air. Dew Point 37 degrees F.
5/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
5/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Dry weather continues; but, rain on the way the upcoming week.
5/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No rain yet;but, dew point is increasing.
5/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.90 M M M M Occasional heavy showers overnight.
6/7/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Just a few sprinkles from late afternoon isolated shower.
6/9/2016 7:00 AM 0.95 M M M M Frequently lighting during the thunderstorms overnight
6/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.02 M M M M Light showers.
6/11/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M
6/13/2016 7:00 AM 1.10 M M M M Long period of "garden variety" thunderstorms overnight.
6/15/2016 7:00 AM 0.71 M M M M Garden variety thunderstorms here; but, about 45 miles south severe weather occurred.
6/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Some fog in the area this morning.
6/22/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
6/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.04 M M M M
6/24/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy skies for most of this reporting period.
6/28/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.03 M M M M Brief precipitation. No thunder. No lightning.
7/3/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
7/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M No precipitation; but, significant increase in dewpoint.
7/6/2016 7:00 AM 2.00 M M M M Severe thunderstorms. Numerous tree branches down. 14 inch 25 foot tall tree torn off near base of tree and blocking roadway.
7/7/2016 7:00 AM 0.10 M M M M Some light rain overnight.
7/8/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partly cloudy and dry, cooler with frontal passage
7/10/2016 7:00 AM 0.28 M M M M Intense lightning with a quick line of showers and thunderstorms overnight.
7/11/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Humid and warm.
7/17/2016 7:00 AM 0.21 M M M M Thunderstorms with cloud to cloud lightning overnight. Strongest storms with rains over 3 inches were to the southwest of Minneapolis.
7/21/2016 7:00 AM 0.11 M M M M Brief overnight thunderstorm. Heat warning in effect. Low temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s across the metropolitan area of the Twin Cities.
8/1/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M
8/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Storms approaching at 7:00 a.m.
8/6/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cooler and dry
8/11/2016 7:00 AM 3.10 M M M M Heavy rain in thunderstorms. MCS with occasional lightning and thunder. Torrential rain was the main event with this system. Some Urban flooding noted.
8/19/2016 7:00 AM 0.64 M M M M Periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms overnight.
8/23/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Partyly cloudy, breezy.
8/26/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A quite day. Light winds
9/4/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M A quiet day.
9/5/2016 7:00 AM 0.80 M M M M Heavy rain. Considerable cloud to ground lighting observed. Lightning strike caused power outage in North Minneapolis per Xcel Energy.
9/21/2016 7:00 AM T M M M M Only a brief overnight shower
9/22/2016 6:50 AM 3.20 M M M M Frequent lighting cloud to ground and cloud to cloud. Street flooding. Torrential rains. All this during the past 24 hours.
9/30/2016 7:00 AM 0.00 0.0 M M M Cool and dry



Start Date End Date & Time Duration in Days Precipitation Snow Depth Snow Depth SWE Notes



Observation Date Observation Time Notes Largest Stone Size Average Stone Size Smallest Stone Size Stone Consistency Duration Minutes Durration Accuracy Damage Timing More Rain than Hail Hail Started Largest Hail Started Angle of Impact Number of Stones on Pad Distance Between Stones on Pad Depth of Stones on Ground