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Winter Storm Warnings in Minnesota, 2023

37 winter storm warnings in 2023. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Warnings
37
Busiest month
March12 winter storm warnings
Busiest day
February 21, 20234 winter storm warnings

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 1:58 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningABRBig Stone59 hr
Jan 1, 2:10 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningFSDCottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more61 hr
Jan 1, 3:10 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPXAnoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 24 more60 hr
Jan 2, 3:28 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPXBrown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville and 3 more33 hr
Jan 3, 3:01 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis39 hr
Jan 17, 3:11 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Nobles, Rock42 hr
Jan 18, 3:13 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 6 more34 hr
Jan 18, 3:18 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningARXDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more34 hr
Feb 20, 3:04 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHCook, Lake, Saint Louis18 hr
Feb 20, 2:09 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more70 hr
Feb 21, 2:41 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningABRBig Stone57 hr
Feb 21, 2:57 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningARXDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more57 hr
Feb 21, 1:08 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena47 hr
Feb 21, 1:40 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine, Saint Louis52 hr
Feb 26, 2:46 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHCarlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis30 hr
Feb 28, 2:52 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and 2 more36 hr
Mar 1, 6:44 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Lake and 1 more11 hr
Mar 6, 8:27 AM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHCarlton, Saint Louis4 hr
Mar 8, 2:22 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningARXDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more40 hr
Mar 8, 3:02 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPXFreeborn, Lac qui Parle, Steele, Yellow Medicine30 hr
Mar 10, 1:47 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Otter Tail and 1 more46 hr
Mar 10, 2:16 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more61 hr
Mar 15, 3:08 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningDLHCarlton, Cook, Lake, Pine, Saint Louis70 hr
Mar 20, 3:59 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningDLHCook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis45 hr
Mar 21, 3:50 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Norman and 3 more24 hr
Mar 30, 2:52 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningFGFGrant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin33 hr
Mar 30, 9:23 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 34 more34 hr
Mar 31, 3:33 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningARXDodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona27 hr
Apr 3, 12:03 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods and 4 more47 hr
Apr 3, 2:45 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningMPXDouglas, Stevens, Todd24 hr
Apr 3, 2:48 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningDLHAitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more45 hr
Apr 15, 2:34 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningDLHCook, Lake, Saint Louis54 hr
Apr 16, 3:39 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningARXHouston, Winona33 hr
Apr 20, 3:01 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningDLHCook, Itasca, Koochiching, Saint Louis25 hr
Apr 20, 4:01 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more24 hr
Oct 25, 3:32 AM CDTWinter Storm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall, Roseau51 hr
Nov 7, 10:25 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningDLHCook11 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

46 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 21, 20234winter storm warnings
  2. January 1, 20233winter storm warnings
  3. April 3, 20233winter storm warnings
  4. January 18, 20232winter storm warnings
  5. February 20, 20232winter storm warnings
  6. March 8, 20232winter storm warnings
  7. March 10, 20232winter storm warnings
  8. March 31, 20232winter storm warnings
  9. April 20, 20232winter storm warnings
  10. January 2, 20231winter storm warnings
  11. January 3, 20231winter storm warnings
  12. January 17, 20231winter storm warnings

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.