Winter Storm, Douglas
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.934, -95.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Minnesota, March 13 to 14, 1997
5 inches in the Twin Cities, and 6 inches at St. Cloud, Cambridge, Northfield and Glenwood.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 25 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
- 25
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.
Some snowfall totals included 10 inches at Onamia, 9 inches at Isle, Waseca and Albert Lea, 8 inches at Stillwater and Red Wing, 7 inches at Little Falls and Princeton, 6.5 inches in the Twin Cities, and 6 inches at St. Cloud, Cambridge, Northfield and Glenwood. The snow changed to freezing rain and sleet at times.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
25 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Todd
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.071, -94.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Morrison
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Morrison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.013, -94.268 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Mille Lacs
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.938, -93.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Kanabec
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kanabec forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.945, -93.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Pope
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pope forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.586, -95.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Stearns
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stearns forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.552, -94.613 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Benton
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.699, -93.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Sherburne
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sherburne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.444, -93.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Isanti
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Isanti forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.562, -93.295 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Chisago
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Chisago forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.503, -92.908 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Wright
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wright forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.174, -93.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hennepin
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hennepin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.005, -93.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Anoka
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Anoka forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.273, -93.246 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Ramsey
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ramsey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.017, -93.100 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Washington
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.039, -92.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Carver
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carver forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.821, -93.803 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Scott
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.649, -93.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Dakota
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dakota forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.672, -93.065 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Le Sueur
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.371, -93.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Rice
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rice forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.354, -93.297 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Goodhue
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Goodhue forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.410, -92.723 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Waseca
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Waseca forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.587 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Steele
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Steele forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Freeborn
- When
- March 13, 12:00 AM CST to March 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Freeborn forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Michigan, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, March 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, March 13, 1997
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in Ohio, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, March 13 to 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 13, 1997
- Winter Storm in Michigan, March 13 to 16, 1997
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 13 to 14, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, March 1997
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5590083, 5590084, 5590085, 5590086, 5590087, 5590088, 5590089, 5590090, 5590091, 5590092, 5590093, 5590094, 5590095, 5590096, 5590097, 5590098, 5590099, 5590100, 5590101, 5590102, 5590103, 5590104, 5590105, 5590106, 5590107.