Other storms have carried more total snow or killed more people, but the 1940 Armistice Day blizzard set three consecutive daily Minnesota snowfall records that still stand.
Top Twin Cities snowfalls
Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 199128.4"
Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 198521.1"
Jan. 22-23, 198220"
Jan. 20-21, 198217.4"
Nov. 11-13, 194016.8"
Record snows Nov. 11-13
Nov. 12, 1940Farmington16"
Nov. 13, 1940Taylors Falls15"
Nov. 11, 1940Orr14"
Notable storm fatalities
Jan. 12-13, 1888200
(Minnesota and Dakotas)
Nov. 11-13, 194049
March 14-15, 194132
Feb. 4, 198416
Jan. 10-12, 197514
Not including Great Lakes sailors Sources: Minnesota DNR Climatology office; "Minnesota Weather Almanac," by Mark W. Seeley; "Minnesota Weather" by Richard A. Keen; "All Hell Broke Loose," By William H. Hull. BILL MCAULIFFE
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