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The big chill comes early – record winter blast hits Northern Plains

Anthony Watts

Massive early cold wave –  Nearly an inch of snow at Rapid City. This is the earliest recorded snowfall going back to 1888.

Source: NOAA

Mount Rushmore from NWS Rapid City Twitter Feed:

A television Meteorologist in Sioux Falls, SD had this to say:

Sep 11

Way too early for this. Even the Presidents look like they are crying…

The national Weather Service in Rapid City posted this on Twitter a few minutes ago, it shows their view outside the window looking at their radiosonde launch station

According to a newspaper report from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, eight inches of snow have reportedly fallen in the Black Hills area. This beats the previous early snowfall record set on Sept. 13, 1970, when 0.7″ of an inch of snow fell at Rapid City, SD.

Elsewhere, 8″ of snow were reported in Downtown Custer, 6″ were reported five miles south of Hill City, and 4-5″ inches were reported in Hill City, Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported. Mount Rushmore reported 7″ of snow, and Sundance, Wyoming reported 4″. The map below shows accumulations.

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
  8.00   DOWNTOWN CUSTER          SD  CUSTER           0800 AM
  7.00   MOUNT RUSHMORE           SD  PENNINGTON       0810 AM
  7.00   1 ENE DOWNTOWN CUSTER    SD  CUSTER           0605 AM
  6.00   5 S HILL CITY            SD  PENNINGTON       0815 AM
  6.00   8 NW TERRY PEAK          SD  LAWRENCE         0750 AM
  6.00   2 SSE DEERFIELD RESERVO  SD  PENNINGTON       0740 AM
  5.00   5 ENE DOWNTOWN CUSTER    SD  CUSTER           0600 AM
  5.00   JOHNSON SIDING           SD  PENNINGTON       0530 AM
  4.50   HILL CITY                SD  PENNINGTON       0852 AM
  4.00   1 ENE SUNDANCE           WY  CROOK            0800 AM
  4.00   2 SSE DEERFIELD RESERVO  SD  PENNINGTON       0400 AM
  3.00   7 SW DOWNTOWN RAPID CIT  SD  PENNINGTON       0800 AM
  2.50   1 W DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY  SD  PENNINGTON       0815 AM
  2.00   6 E DEVILS TOWER JUNCTI  WY  CROOK            0842 AM
  2.00   9 ENE DEVILS TOWER JUNC  WY  CROOK            0840 AM
  2.00   ALADDIN                  WY  CROOK            0835 AM
  2.00   6 W BEULAH               WY  CROOK            0824 AM
  2.00   5 W WHITEWOOD            SD  LAWRENCE         0820 AM
  2.00   2 W DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH   SD  LAWRENCE         0815 AM
  2.00   3 ESE DOWNTOWN GILLETTE  WY  CAMPBELL         0750 AM
  2.00   4 S DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY  SD  PENNINGTON       0600 AM
  1.50   BEULAH                   WY  CROOK            0855 AM
  1.30   12 SW MOSKEE             WY  WESTON           0800 AM
  1.00   FOUR CORNERS             WY  WESTON           0827 AM
  1.00   1 N DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY  SD  PENNINGTON       0815 AM
  1.00   LEAD                     SD  LAWRENCE         0745 AM
  0.90   1 NW PIEDMONT            SD  MEADE            0730 AM
  0.90   1 ESE DOWNTOWN RAPID CI  SD  PENNINGTON       0600 AM

Source: NWS Rapid City

Freeze warnings for many northern U.S. locations have also been issued, including Spokane, WA and Duluth, MN.

I expect we will see many many cold records set.

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