A clipper type system moved across southern Minnesota over the first weekend of December. Periods of light to moderate snow fell mainly south and west of the MN River Valley.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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 MPX wrote it up.
A clipper type system moved across southern Minnesota over the first weekend of December. Periods of light to moderate snow fell mainly south and west of the MN River Valley. Between 1 to 3 inches of snowfall fell across this region with the highest snowfall observations in Martin and Faribault counties.
The top snowfall reports were:|3.1 inches in Fairmont, MN (Martin).|3.0 inches in Blue Earth, MN (Faribault).|2.0 inches in Winnebago, MN (Faribault).|2.0 inches 3 miles SE of Wells, MN (Faribault).|1.8 inches 3 miles E of Clarks Grove, MN (Freeborn).
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. Snowfall rates forced visibilities to fall to one half mile at times at the Fairmont Municipal Airport and 3.1 inches were measured 1 mile SE of Fairmont.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. Snowfall rates forced visibilities to fall to one half mile at times at the St. James Municipal Airport. Between 1 to 2 inches of snowfall fell across the county.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. Around one inch of snow was measured in New Ulm by CoCoRaHS observers.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. Around one inch of snow was measured in New Ulm.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. Snowfall rates forced visibilities to fall to 1.5 miles at times at the Mankato Regional Airport. An inch of snow was measured in Mankato.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. Between 2 to 3 inches of snowfall fell across the county with three inches being measured by CoCoRaHS by 1 mile SSE of Blue Earth.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. CoCoRaHS observers measured 1.5 inches one mile SW of Albert Lea.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. One inch of snowfall was measured in 1 mile SE of Elysian.
Light snow fell across the county during the afternoon and evening hours. An inch of snow was measured in Owatonna.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, December 2025
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: 1299657, 1299663, 1299665, 1299666, 1299661, 1299669, 1299667, 1299670, 1299671.