Duluth snowfall to date exceeds total season average
As of noon Thursday, the snowfall for the 2022-23 winter is 2 inches more than the average season total as recorded at the National Weather Service in Duluth.
Surfers prepare to enter the water of Lake Superior near the Lester River bridge in Duluth on Thursday.
DULUTH — Total snowfall for the 2022-23 winter so far has surpassed the normal amount for the whole season, according to the National Weather Service in Duluth.
The typical total snowfall for the season at the NWS Duluth office is 90.2 inches. As of its noon Thursday observation, snowfall to date has reached 92.1 inches, NWS Duluth reported in a tweet.
Snowfall is expected to wrap up Thursday night in most areas of the Northland except the South Shore snow belts, the National Weather Service said.
An additional 1-3 inches of snowfall is forecast through 6 a.m. Friday for areas of the South Shore, including Bayfield and Ashland counties. Less than 1 inch is expected for interior Northwestern Wisconsin, the Twin Ports and elsewhere in Northeastern Minnesota.
The National Weather Service says dangerously cold wind chills of 20-30 degrees below zero are expected for northern Minnesota through Friday morning.
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The city of Duluth has not declared a snow emergency, according to a news release Thursday afternoon. Plow operators continue to clear roads, with the first priority main arterial roads, followed by residential streets and then alleys. A street priority map is available at
duluthmn.gov/snow.
The city reminds residents that within 24 hours of a snow event, property owners must clear their sidewalks of snow and ice. For more information, go to
duluthmn.gov/snow/snow-removal-requirements.
Northland snowfall totals
Past 24 hours, as of 3:15 p.m. Thursday
16 inches, Cornucopia, Bayfield County
12.5 inches, Ashland
10 inches, Oliver
9.3 inches, Delta, Bayfield County
8.4 inches, Maple
8 inches, Holyoke
7.6 inches, Mahtowa
6.5 inches, Duluth International Airport
6 inches, Cloquet
5.9 inches, Solon Springs
5.2 inches, Amnicon Falls
5 inches, Bayfield
4.4 inches, Moose Lake
4 inches, Superior
3.5 inches, Lester Park neighborhood, Duluth
3 inches, Tamarack
2 inches, Wright
1.5 inches, Two Harbors
1.2 inches, Shaw, St. Louis County
1 inch, French River
Source: National Weather Service
This story was last updated at 3:48 p.m. Feb. 23 with information about the season snowfall total so far exceeding the season average. It was originally posted at 8:52 a.m. Feb. 23.
With icicles hanging from his suit, Paul Schonfeld, of Duluth, left, shares a laugh with his friend, Greg Isaacson, of Duluth, after Schonfeld surfed on Lake Superior in Duluth on Thursday. Isaacson claims he is one of the original Lake Superior surfers.
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A surfer rides a wave in Lake Superior near the North Shore Information Center in Duluth on Thursday. The weather provided ideal conditions for surfers.
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The Duluth South Pier Lighthouse on Thursday.
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A wave crashes into ice-covered rocks on the shore of Lake Superior near the Lester River in Duluth on Thursday.
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A Minnesota Department of Transportation snow maintenance vehicle travels up Mesaba Avenue in Duluth on Thursday.
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A road sign over London Road in Duluth indicating a winter storm warning Thursday.
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Ice glazes the wall and hand rails of a ladder attached to the Duluth North Pier in Canal Park on Thursday.
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From left, Jose Avaloa’s black jacket turns white as he blows snow from the entry of the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior as Monte Groskreupz shovels Thursday. The pair do snow removal for Northland Rental Resource.
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A black-capped chickadee carries a sunflower seed in its beak as it flies away from a snow-covered feeder in Superior on Thursday morning.
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Snow blows off of a huge drift in front of the door of Pudge’s along East 5th Street in Superior on Thursday.
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Monte Groskreupz, right, of Northland Rental Resource, shovels snow in front of the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior as Jose Avaloa runs the snow blower on Thursday.
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A huge snow drift forms on the sidewalk in front of Pudge’s along East Fifth Street in Superior on Thursday.
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