Heavy snow moved across southeast Minnesota from the evening of January 18th into the morning of January 19th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 8 inches across much of the area.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Heavy snow moved across southeast Minnesota from the evening of January 18th into the morning of January 19th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 8 inches across much of the area. The highest reported totals were 8.0 inches in Rochester (Olmsted County) and Theilman (Wabasha County) as well as 6.5 inches in Rushford (Fillmore County) and Winona (Winona County). Many schools across the area canceled classes or had a late start on January 19th.
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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 18, 5:57 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
COOP and volunteer snow observers reported that 4 to 5 inches of snow fell in parts of Mower County. The highest reported total was 5.5 inches near Austin.
Volunteer snow observers reported that 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across Fillmore County. The highest reported total was 6.5 inches in Rushford.
COOP and volunteer snow observers reported that 4 to 6 inches of snow fell in parts of Houston County. The highest reported total was 5.9 inches from a COCORAHS observer near Mound Prairie.
Volunteer snow observers reported that 5 to 6 inches of snow fell in parts of Winona County. The highest reported total was 6.5 inches near the town of Winona.
COOP and volunteer snow observers reported that 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across Olmsted County. The highest reported total was 8.0 inches near Rochester.
Volunteer snow observers reported that 4 to 6 inches of snow fell across Dodge County. The highest reported total was 6.3 inches in Kasson.
Volunteer snow observers reported that 5 to 6 inches of snow fell in parts of Wabasha County. The highest reported total was 8.0 inches in Theilman.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, January 2023
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: 1076357, 1076355, 1076356, 1076360, 1076358, 1076354, 1076359.