{"id":5795,"date":"2026-03-16T09:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/5795\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T09:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:28:12","slug":"here-are-minnesota-snowfall-totals-as-big-storm-exits-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/5795\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are Minnesota snowfall totals as big storm exits state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/live-updates\/next-weather-minnesota-blizzard-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">major weekend snowstorm<\/a> in Minnesota is winding down Sunday evening, but a NEXT Weather Alert will remain in effect through overnight Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/source\/crh\/snowmap.html?sid=mpx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to the National Weather Service<\/a>, the heaviest snow fell across southeastern Minnesota, with most in the region seeing around a foot of accumulation, including the southwest metro.<\/p>\n<p>Around 20.5 inches of snow fell overnight in Wabasha, while Rochester racked up around 14 inches of accumulation.<\/p>\n<p>Closer to the Twin Cities, Prior Lake got around 13.7 inches of snow. Maple Grove and Eagan both gained 10 inches, and Bloomington saw 9.5 inches. Snow wasn&#8217;t much of an issue to the north or to the west.<\/p>\n<p>As the day continues, snow is expected to taper off. But the strong wind is another part of the weather equation, as it&#8217;s picking up and blowing the flakes, creating blizzard conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Department of Transportation issued a no travel advisory on Sunday morning for southern Minnesota due to the whiteout conditions. Roads closer to the Twin Cities are completely covered, MnDOT said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/minnesota-national-guard-snowstorm-rescue-march-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota National Guard is on standby<\/a> in various spots in southern Minnesota, prepared for activation should rescue operations be needed during the storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The major weekend snowstorm in Minnesota is winding down Sunday evening, but a NEXT Weather Alert will remain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8,158,9,4504,4130,7],"class_list":{"0":"post-5795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-road-conditions","12":"tag-snow-storm","13":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116238149459417001","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}