Enough already...!

The snow continued through much of this afternoon... And driving into work at 11:30am today was a mess. For some odd reason the city hasn't done so well at cleaning these streets this year. They have not always been great, but this year seems especially bad. The photo to the right shows 17th Ave. on my east approach to 42nd Street this morning. As you can see, roads were very much snow-covered and slick! Our total accumulations (from last night through this afternoon) came to a whopping 8.1 inches, which obliterated the daily record snowfall for December 4th. The old record in Grand Forks was 4.0 inches back in 1926. Fargo also set a record for daily snowfall, receiving 5.9 inches. The previous record for them was also in 1926 with 4.3 inches.

Here's a summary of amounts as received by the Grand Forks NWS as of 3:00pm this afternoon:

SITE       SNOWFALL AMOUNT   
  
NORTH DAKOTA   
  
CAVALIER SHERIFF........................6 TO 9 INCHES  
PEMBINA SHERIFF.........................6 TO 8 INCHES  
RAMSEY SHERIFF..........................6 TO 7 INCHES  
WALSH SPOTTER (GRAFTON).................6 TO 8 INCHES  
STEELE SHERIFF...............................7 INCHES  
TRAILL SHERIFF...............................5 INCHES  
CASS SPOTTER (FARGO).........................6 INCHES  
CASS SHERIFF.................................4 INCHES  
  
MINNESOTA  
  
KITTSON SHERIFF..............................6 INCHES  
ROSEAU SHERIFF...............................6 INCHES  
MARSHALL SHERIFF.............................8 INCHES  
PENNINGTON SHERIFF......................4 TO 6 INCHES  
RED LAKE SHERIFF.............................6 INCHES  
BELTRAMI SHERIFF.............................3 INCHES  
POLK SPOTTER (CROOKSTON)................5 TO 7 INCHES  
POLK SPOTTER (FOSSTON)..................2 TO 3 INCHES  
LAKE OF THE WOODS SPOTTER(WILLIAMS)........0.5 INCHES   
NORMAN SHERIFF..........................5 TO 6 INCHES  
CLAY SHERIFF............................3 TO 5 INCHES  
WILKIN SHERIFF...............................2 INCHES  
OTTERTAIL SHERIFF............................6 INCHES  
GRANT SHERIFF................................2 INCHES  
MAHNOMEN SHERIFF........................4 TO 5 INCHES  
WADENA SHERIFF...............................4 INCHES  
HUBBARD......................................5 INCHES   
CLEARWATER..............................5 TO 6 INCHES  
OTTERTAIL SPOTTER(NEW YORK MILLS).......4 TO 5 INCHES  
CLEARWATER SPOTTER(LOWER RICE)...............6 INCHES  
BECKER COUNTY(PONSFORD)......................4 INCHES