Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 2013

Name: Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 2013
Start: 2013-01-28T14:33
End: 2013-01-29T06:00
Location: Minnesota

January 28 to 29, 2013 · NWS FGF · 12 events in 12 counties and zones

A band of heavy snow fell across portions of southeast North Dakota up toward the Bemidji, Minnesota area. Reports of six to twelve inches of snow were common from Forman and Wahpeton Breckenridge up through Bemidji.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 12 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 12

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 FGF wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 28, 10:43 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 10:43 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

12 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Wilkin

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Wilkin forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 46.357, -96.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clay

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 46.892, -96.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Norman

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Norman forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 47.327, -96.455 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, East Polk

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: East Polk forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Mahnomen

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Mahnomen forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 47.325, -95.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, West Becker

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: West Becker forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 46.935, -95.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, West Otter Tail

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: West Otter Tail forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 46.409, -95.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, East Becker

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: East Becker forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 46.935, -95.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, North Clearwater

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: North Clearwater forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, South Clearwater

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: South Clearwater forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, South Beltrami

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: South Beltrami forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 47.974, -94.938 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hubbard

When: January 28, 2:33 PM CST to January 29, 6:00 AM CST
Where: Hubbard forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 47.109, -94.917 (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

Every storm in Minnesota in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, January 2013

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: 425526, 425527, 425528, 425529, 425530, 425531, 425532, 425533, 425534, 425535, 425536, 425537.