Snowfall · Minnesota
How much snow does Minneapolis get?
Minneapolis gets about 51 inches of snow in a typical year.
Minneapolis gets about 51 inches of snow a year and built a whole skyway network so it never has to look at it.
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On about 15 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. December is the snowiest month, with about 11 inches. That makes it the 27th snowiest of the 75 US cities we track.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Minneapolis forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 34°F in Minneapolis right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
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Snow by month
| September | a trace or none |
|---|---|
| October | 0.8 in |
| November | 6.8 in |
| December | 11.4 in |
| January | 11.0 in |
| February | 9.5 in |
| March | 8.2 in |
| April | 3.5 in |
| May | a trace or none |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Fargo, North Dakota: about 51 inches a year
- Hartford, Connecticut: about 52 inches a year
- Madison, Wisconsin: about 52 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00014922.