A clipper system moved northwest to southeast to the south of the Northland on the 9th into the 10th. This track brought an area of heavy snowfall from the Brainerd Lakes and Walker areas eastward into the I-35 corridor and into parts of northwest Wisconsin.
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The episode as NWS DLH wrote it up.
A clipper system moved northwest to southeast to the south of the Northland on the 9th into the 10th. This track brought an area of heavy snowfall from the Brainerd Lakes and Walker areas eastward into the I-35 corridor and into parts of northwest Wisconsin. Snowfall totals across the Burnett and Washburn county areas were in the 4 to 6 inch range with a high report of 7 inches near Hertel.
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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 9, 12:07 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
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</html>Preliminary Local Storm Report...Corrected
National Weather Service Duluth MN
1001 AM CST Tue Dec 9 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM Snow Chisholm 47.49N 92.89W
12/09/2025 M3.1 Inch St. Louis MN Trained Spotter
Report received via Facebook.
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JDSPreliminary Local Storm Report...Corrected
National Weather Service Duluth MN
1136 AM CST Tue Dec 9 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 AM Snow 1 NNE Cloquet 46.74N 92.45W
12/09/2025 M2.8 Inch Carlton MN Trained Spotter
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JDSPreliminary Local Storm Report...Corrected
National Weather Service Duluth MN
1142 AM CST Tue Dec 9 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 AM Snow Two Harbors 47.03N 91.67W
12/09/2025 M3.5 Inch Lake MN Trained Spotter
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JDSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall totals for the event were generally in the 3 to 6 inch range. A few locations received slightly more with 7 inches recorded in Hertel.
Snowfall totals for the event were mainly below 6 inches. One location near Shell Lake did record a slightly higher amount of 6.2 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1306331, 1306332.