Minnesota, 2000Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 20 to 21, 2000
December 20 to 21, 2000 · NWS DLH · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Heavy lake effect snow produced 12 inches at Sawbill Lake, about 22 miles north of Tofte, up to 17 inches near Grand Marais, and 6 inches at Finland.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Heavy lake effect snow produced 12 inches at Sawbill Lake, about 22 miles north of Tofte, up to 17 inches near Grand Marais, and 6 inches at Finland.
Heavy Snow, Northern Cook / Northern Lake
- When
- December 20, 4:15 AM CST to December 21, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cook / Northern Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.670, -90.975 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Lake
- When
- December 20, 4:15 AM CST to December 21, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.557, -91.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Cook
- When
- December 20, 4:15 AM CST to December 21, 4:15 AM CST
- Where
- Southern Cook forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 47.817, -90.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 20, 2000$1.0 million · 9 events
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 20, 200021 events
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 20, 200014 events
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 20, 200013 events
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 20 to 21, 200012 events
- Winter Storm in Mississippi, December 20 to 21, 2000$10,000 · 10 events
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, December 20, 20009 events
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 20, 20009 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 20 to 27, 20007 events
- Heavy Snow in Maine, December 20, 20006 events
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 20 to 22, 20006 events
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 20, 20005 events
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: 5167322, 5167323, 5167324.