A clipper type system moved from the Pacific Northwest across the Northern Plains where it deepened and brought a period of light freezing rain less than one quarter of an inch followed by intense bands of heavy snow. The greatest impacts occurred where slick roads combined with heavy snow rates greater than 1 inch per hour causing near zero visibility across northeast North Dakota and parts of…
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A clipper type system moved from the Pacific Northwest across the Northern Plains where it deepened and brought a period of light freezing rain less than one quarter of an inch followed by intense bands of heavy snow. The greatest impacts occurred where slick roads combined with heavy snow rates greater than 1 inch per hour causing near zero visibility across northeast North Dakota and parts of northwest and west central Minnesota. No travel advised was issued by the NDDOT with icy and snow covered roads reported by the MNDOT.
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 Dec 8, 5:36 PM CST, 13 hours 24 minutes earlier.
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10 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Measured 7.0 inches for event at COOP site Lankin 6 E.
Measurement of 8.0 inches of snow at Niagara, ND representing the event total near the Grand Forks County and Nelson County line.
Based on reports by Nelson County and matching NOHRSC analysis, we can extrapolate that 6 to 8 inches of snow fell across the majority of Nelson County, ND.
Based on reports and matching NOHRSC analysis, we can extrapolate that 6 to 8 inches of snow fell across the majority of western Walsh County, ND.
Report of 6.5 inches of snow measured 6 miles northwest of Cavalier. Report relayed by broadcast media.
Trained spotter measured 10.0 inches of snow for the event in Grafton, ND.
Measurement of 6.5 inches of snow. COOP site 1NE Pembina located on the eastern part of the town of Pembina.
Measured 11 inches in northeast Grand Forks, ND near the intersection of University Ave and N Washington St.
Measured 7.4 inches for the event at the NWS Grand Forks on the northwest side of Grand Forks.
Measured 8.0 inches in Hillsboro, ND. Event total.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Dakota in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1306276, 1306303, 1307304, 1307305, 1306272, 1306278, 1306273, 1306301, 1306302, 1306304.