STORM STATS Snow started falling about 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31. Four days later, these still-standing Twin Cities records had been set:
Most snow in a single storm:
28.4 inches
Most snow in 24 hours (Oct. 31-Nov. 1):
21 inches
Most snow on Oct. 31:
8.2 inches
Most snow in month of October:
8.2 inches
Most snow on Nov. 1:
18.5 inches
OTHER STORM RECORDS
• 36.9 inches in Duluth, then the greatest single snowfall in Minnesota history. Surpassed Jan 6-8, 1994, by 46.4 inches at Finland.
• Contributed to Twin Cities' single monthly and November snowfall records: 46.9 inches.
• Earliest autumn subzero low: -3 degrees, Nov. 4.
• Only significant Twin Cities snow record not broken by the storm: Greatest snow depth, 38 inches, Jan. 23, 1982. (Halloween blizzard greatest depth: 23 inches, fifth deepest.)
Source: Minnesota DNR Climatology office
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