Chart of the Day: Historical Twin Cities Snow Depth Probabilities

Via climatologist (and former streets.mn podcast guest) Kenny Blumenfeld, here’s a chart showing the percentage probability of having snow on the ground in the Twin Cities.

How weird is it to have no snow on December 18th? Here’s your answer:

historical snow depth chart MN

As you can see, it’s rare but not unprecedented to have seen no snow this late in the “winter”. For the record, Kenny also made a film called “The Story of Winter” all about how winter is rapidly disappearing from our Minnesota landscape and how that is actually quite sad.

One thought on “Chart of the Day: Historical Twin Cities Snow Depth Probabilities

  1. Evan RobertsEvan

    I’d say 1/3 for today and ~1/4 chance of a brown Christmas is not actually that rare.

    What’s been truly unusual this year is the sustained warmth (nights above freezing)

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