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Two Harbors snowstorms

Two Harbors’s snow record here is the Two Harbors station, with daily snowfall reports since 1894. Over its 71 complete winters the middle value is 54 in of snow a winter. The biggest storm on record there brought 36 in over Nov. 1–2, 1991.

This winter (2026-27) so far: 0 in, no 1-inch day yet.

Biggest storms

DatesTotal
Nov. 1–2, 1991Halloween Blizzard, Oct. 31 – Nov. 4, 199136 in
Dec. 29–31, 199625.6 in
Mar. 15–18, 1965Snowstorm of Mar. 16–19, 196523 in
Mar. 4–5, 1985Snowstorm of Mar. 1–5, 198522 in
Mar. 13–14, 1917Snowstorm of Mar. 13–17, 191721 in
Mar. 3–5, 1966Snowstorm of Feb. 28 – Mar. 6, 196620.5 in
Dec. 29–31, 191120 in
Jan. 6–7, 1967Snowstorm of Jan. 3–7, 196720 in
Jan. 21–23, 1982Snowstorm of Jan. 20–24, 198220 in
Jan. 5–8, 199420 in
Jan. 19–22, 200519.8 in
Feb. 25–28, 2007Snowstorm of Feb. 22–27, 200719.5 in
Feb. 5–6, 190819 in
Feb. 9–10, 196519 in
Dec. 27–29, 202118.4 in

A storm here is a run of days with measurable snow, at most four days. A day with under half an inch between two snowier days separates two storms; longer snowy spells are split into their snowiest four days.

Every winter

0501001501895-96: 49.5 in1896-97: 78.7 in1899-00: 22.6 in1901-02: 24.6 in1911-12: 49.8 in1912-13: 50.6 in1913-14: 43.9 in1914-15: 25.9 in1915-16: 60.9 in1916-17: 59.8 in1917-18: 39.4 in1918-19: 36.9 in1919-20: 48.5 in1923-24: 39.3 in1925-26: 34.6 in1926-27: 54.5 in1930-31: 27.7 in1933-34: 78.2 in1934-35: 88.9 in1936-37: 98.7 in1937-38: 43.5 in1938-39: 106.5 in1939-40: 41.9 in1940-41: 45.5 in1941-42: 38.9 in1942-43: 61.3 in1943-44: 41.1 in1944-45: 54.1 in1945-46: 40.9 in1946-47: 40.2 in1947-48: 56 in1948-49: 72.6 in1949-50: 110 in1950-51: 91.1 in1951-52: 66.7 in1952-53: 16.3 in1965-66: 66.4 in1966-67: 74.1 in1984-85: 44.6 in1986-87: 31.5 in1987-88: 37.1 in1988-89: 64.7 in1990-91: 56.5 in1991-92: 96.5 in1992-93: 57 in1993-94: 89.9 in1994-95: 52 in1995-96: 111.1 in1996-97: 127.4 in1997-98: 26.1 in1998-99: 53.1 in1999-00: 29.8 in2000-01: 62.7 in2001-02: 34.4 in2002-03: 31.8 in2003-04: 63.7 in2004-05: 75.3 in2005-06: 49.4 in2006-07: 57 in2007-08: 45.7 in2008-09: 73 in2013-14: 102.4 in2016-17: 40.5 in2017-18: 58.9 in2018-19: 65.3 in2019-20: 63.4 in2020-21: 40.4 in2021-22: 93 in2022-23: 72 in2023-24: 27.7 in2025-26: 54 in2026-27: 0 in so far18952026
Inches of snow each winter (July to June). Winters with gaps in the record are left out.

Snowiest winters

  • 1996-97127.4 in
  • 1995-96111.1 in
  • 1949-50110 in
  • 1938-39106.5 in
  • 2013-14102.4 in

Least snowy winters

  • 1952-5316.3 in
  • 1899-0022.6 in
  • 1901-0224.6 in
  • 1914-1525.9 in
  • 1997-9826.1 in

Earliest first 6-inch storms

Where to ski near Two Harbors

Groomed cross-country venues from XC Index, by distance.

Station: GHCN-Daily USC00218419, Two Harbors. Last full winter: 2025-26.