Check out the local snow totals below from the post-Christmas storm that hit the region Sunday into Monday, closing roads throughout North Dakota.
The data comes from the National Weather Service's data base.
How much snow did you get in the post-Christmas storm?
Check out the snow totals below.
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Every winter, that period of weather is impactful because it is around the limit of what our systems are designed to handle.
Last month had the lowest average wind speed for any January of the past 25 years.
This explanation will involve a little modern physics.
There were many days with fog and few with strong wind.