S. Highway 71 corridor.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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 FSD wrote it up.
A strong moisture-laden Colorado Low moved across the Northern Plains November 28 and 29 resulting in widespread snowfall from 4 to 12 inches, with the greatest snowfall in portions of northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota toward the U.S. Highway 71 corridor. Many locations found a brief break in snowfall later on November 28 when some light freezing rain and freezing drizzle occurred. Overall, area roadways were snow covered and slick resulting in hazardous travel.
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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 27, 5:54 PM CST, 21 hours 6 minutes earlier.
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6 winter storm, 2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 6.5 inches in Hills.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 4.5 inches at Pipestone and 4.0 inches at Edgerton. During a brief break in snowfall during the evening of November 28, a period of light freezing rain and freezing drizzle resulted in a few hundredths of an inch ice accumulation.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 6.0 inches in Worthington.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 6.2 inches in Slayton.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 8.1 inches 2 miles northeast of Lakefield.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 3.6 inches 8 miles southeast of Hendricks. During a brief break in snowfall during the evening of November 28, a period of light freezing rain and freezing drizzle resulted in a few hundredths of an inch ice accumulation.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 6.5 inches 2 miles southeast of Balaton. During a brief break in snowfall starting late evening of November 28, a period of light freezing rain and freezing drizzle resulted in a few hundredths of an inch ice accumulation.
A long-duration snowfall totaled 9.0 inches at Windom.
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, November 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: 1300049, 1300048, 1300050, 1300051, 1300069, 1300047, 1300064, 1300067.