MPR, at the Updraft blog, has a list of the record snow storms in Twin Cities, with the recent “Dome Buster” storm ranking fifth on the list. You can also see the Dome collapse there.
I thought it might be fun to remember where I was when the storms occurred.
Top Fourteen Largest Snowfalls for Twin Cities
1. 28.4 inches: 1991 October 31 – November 3 (Halloween Blizzard) – enduring a major ice storm in Iowa
2. 21.1 inches: 1985 November 29 – December 1 – Thanksgiving break, Senior year at Bethel
3. 20.0 inches: 1982 January 22 – 23 – First year at Bethel, Interim
4. 17.4 inches: 1982 January 20 – 21 – First year at Bethel, Interim – wow, two mega-storms in the same week!
5. 17.1 inches: 2010 December 10 – 11
6. 16.8 inches: 1940 November 11 – 12 (Armistice Day)
7. 16.7 inches: 1985 March 3 – 4 – Senior year at Bethel
7. 16.7 inches: 1940 March 11 – 14 (tie)
9. 16.5 inches: 1982 December 27 – 28 – Christmas break
10. 16.0 inches: 1917 January 20 – 21
10. 16.0 inches: 1999 March 8 – 9 (tie)
12. 14.7 inches: 1985 March 31 – Senior year at Bethel
13. 14.3 inches: 1991 November 29 – 30 – Iowa
14. 14.1 inches: 1952 March 22 -23
I Commend Joy! 