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    When is the first snow in Minnesota?

    Minnesota’s first snow usually lands first in Duluth, around October 24, and last in Minneapolis, around November 7.

    Minnesota’s first snow shows up in Duluth in October, and the locals call it a light jacket day.
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    That makes Minnesota number 5 of the 36 states we track, earliest first.

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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    • No. There’s no snow in the Duluth forecast for the next 5 days.
    • No. There’s no snow in the Minneapolis forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    First snow, city by city

    CityUsually around8 winters in 10Snow a winter
    DuluthOctober 24October 2 to November 16about 88 in
    MinneapolisNovember 7October 16 to November 23about 52 in

    Usually around is the middle date across 30 winters. In 8 winters out of 10, the first snow lands inside the range.

    States on the same snow schedule

    Every state’s first snow, earliest first

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for each city’s official station, winters 1991 to 2020, via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.

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