Heavy Snow, Brown
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.242, -94.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 25, 1996
5 to 8 inch snowfall across far southern Minnesota. Rochester and Mankato received 6 inches while Albert Lea received 8 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 19 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
- 19
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 MPX wrote it up.
5 to 8 inch snowfall across far southern Minnesota. Rochester and Mankato received 6 inches while Albert Lea received 8 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
19 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Nicollet
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nicollet forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -94.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Le Sueur
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.371, -93.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Rice
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rice forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.354, -93.297 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Goodhue
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Goodhue forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.410, -92.723 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Wabasha
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wabasha forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.284, -92.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Watonwan
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Watonwan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.978, -94.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Blue Earth
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.035, -94.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Waseca
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Waseca forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.587 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Steele
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Steele forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Dodge
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Olmsted
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Winona
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Winona forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Martin
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Martin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -94.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Faribault
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Faribault forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Freeborn
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Freeborn forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Mower
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mower forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Fillmore
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fillmore forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Houston
- When
- January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Houston forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.671, -91.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, January 25, 1996
- Flood in New York, January 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, January 25, 1996
- High Wind in New Mexico, January 25, 1996
- Flood in Montana, January 25 to 26, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, January 25, 1996
- Flood in Kentucky, January 25 to 27, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 25, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5538861, 5538862, 5538863, 5538864, 5538865, 5538866, 5538867, 5538868, 5538869, 5538870, 5538871, 5538872, 5538873, 5538874, 5538875, 5538876, 5538877, 5538878, 5538879.