Ice Storm, Traverse
- When
- January 10, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Traverse forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.772, -96.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 10, 1996
Widespread freezing rain moved across the area from the middle morning to the early afternoon, laying down a thin layer of ice. Travel was significantly slowed as a result.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
Widespread freezing rain moved across the area from the middle morning to the early afternoon, laying down a thin layer of ice. Travel was significantly slowed as a result.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice Storm, Big Stone
- When
- January 10, 10:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Big Stone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.426, -96.411 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, January 10, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 10 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 10 to 11, 1996
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 10, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, January 10, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 10, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, January 10 to 15, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 10, 1996
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5537795, 5537796.