Intense Rains, June 28-29, 2020

radar loop
200-frame radar loop from Chanhassen, showing strong thunderstorms pinwheeling across southern and central Minnesota through about 1:45 AM on Monday June 29, 2020. Thunderstorms continued into mid-morning, as can be seen here.
 
Courtesy of College of DuPage.
Over 18 hours of thunderstorm activity led to widespread heavy rains and scattered flash-flooding across southern Minnesota.

A muggy, summer-like air mass surged northward into the region behind a warm front on Sunday June 28th. The leading edge of this warm air had kicked off thunderstorms in Nebraska and Iowa the night before, and the remnants of that activity formed into an miniature low-pressure system that moved into southern Minnesota on Sunday afternoon.

Thunderstorms began developing around 3 PM, with the activity slowly expanding and increasing in intensity through the remainder of the afternoon. As the storm complex grew, it took on a distinct "cyclonic circulation" pattern, with rain and thunderstorms wrapping counter-clockwise around a central core that remained largely free of precipitation.

The southern edge of the circulation remained active throughout the night, and thunderstorms also developed along the warm front in southern Minnesota, and ahead of a weak disturbance moving eastward from the Dakotas. The complex weather pattern led to multiple corridors and focal points of heavy precipitation.

One broad swath of heavy rain fell from southern Brown and northern Watonwan Counties, northeastward through Mankato, Northfield, Cannon Falls, Red Wing, and the southeastern half of the Twin Cities area. Here, precipitation totals of 2-4 inches were common, with isolated areas receiving 5-8 inches of rain by Monday morning. An automated tipping bucket rain gauge on the Minnesota River at Judson (just northwest of Mankato) reported 8.46 inches through noon on Monday. Human observers in the CoCoRaHS network reported  totals on Monday morning (as rain was still falling) of 4.55 inches in St. Peter, 5.40 inches near Burnsville, 4.80 inches in Woodbury, 5.54 inches near Cannon Falls, and 6.13 inches between Hastings and Miesville. Law enforcement reported water and mudslides covering roads in valleys south of the Twin Cities.

Another swath of high totals was oriented northwest-to-southeast, running just east of the upper stretches of the Minnesota River, from eastern Chippewa into central Sibley County. This narrower swath of 2-4 inches also had some much higher totals, including a report of 8 inches from a volunteer rainfall observer in Wintrop in Sibley County. A National Weather Service cooperative observer near Bird Island recorded 7.14 inches on Monday morning.

Despite the widespread heavy rain, and the peak value of over 8 inches in 24 hours, this event did not have a large enough footprint of 6-inch totals to qualify as a "mega-rain" event. Based on analysis of rainfall reports, radar, and automated gauges, the 6-inch rainfall totals appear to cover about 400 square miles, spread over four distinct areas in southern and southeastern Minnesota. To qualify as a mega-rain, the storm would have needed to produce at least 1000 square miles of six-inch rainfall totals.

The National Weather Service in Chanhassen gathered and provided the following rainfall reports from this storm event.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
1243 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2020  
   
..PRECIPITATION REPORTS FROM THE LAST 24 HOURS  
  
REPORTS OF ONE INCH OR MORE ARE REPORTED BELOW. THANK YOU TO OUR  
COOP AND COCORAHS OBSERVERS AND DATA PARTNERS FOR THE MEASUREMENTS.   
  
LOCATION                     AMOUNT    TIME/DATE       PROVIDER               
   
..MINNESOTA  
  
   
..ANOKA COUNTY  
  
BLAINE                       1.88 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
ANDOVER                      1.73 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
ANOKA 0.9 ENE                1.73 IN   0450 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WYOMING 6WSW                 1.58 IN   1106 AM 06/29   RAWS                   
BLAINE 2W                    1.50 IN   1057 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RAMSEY                       1.49 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
ANDOVER 1.9 W                1.38 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
COON RAPIDS 1.1 SW           1.36 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BLAINE                       1.35 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
COON RAPIDS                  1.32 IN   1145 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
ANDOVER                      1.32 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
WYOMING 9.5 W                1.29 IN   0653 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
HAM LAKE 1WNW                1.28 IN   1204 PM 06/29   AWS                    
CIRCLE PINES 1.1 SW          1.23 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LINO LAKES 2.2 NW            1.20 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
COON RAPIDS                  1.17 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
RAMSEY 1E                    1.17 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LINO LAKES                   1.15 IN   1158 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
COON RAPIDS                  1.10 IN   1203 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
HAM LAKE  2E                 1.09 IN   0845 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RAMSEY 2SSW                  1.06 IN   1204 PM 06/29   AWS                    
LINO LAKES 2.5 W             1.04 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
COON RAPIDS                  1.00 IN   1205 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
LINO LAKES 2W                1.00 IN   1205 PM 06/29   AWS                    
   
..BENTON COUNTY  
  
SARTELL                      1.10 IN   1158 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
   
..BLUE EARTH COUNTY  
  
MANKATO 2.2 NNE              3.08 IN   0835 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MANKATO AP                   2.88 IN   1127 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
LAKE CRYSTAL 4.9 N           2.58 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
4.6 NE GOOD THUNDER          1.84 IN   1145 AM 06/29   HADS                   
MANKATO 2.9 WSW              1.50 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
4.5 SE SKYLINE               1.46 IN   1130 AM 06/29   HADS                   
MANKATO 3.3 SSW              1.45 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MANKATO 0.2 SSW              1.33 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MANKATO 1ESE                 1.31 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MANKATO 1.2 SE               1.29 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MANKATO 4.0 SW               1.18 IN   0810 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EAGLE LAKE 0.4 SW            1.01 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..BROWN COUNTY  
  
HANSKA                       3.78 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
COMFREY                      3.39 IN   1155 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
3.1 SE COBDEN                3.13 IN   1145 AM 06/29   HADS                   
SPRINGFIELD                  2.48 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
SVEADAHL 5NNW                2.24 IN   0722 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SLEEPY EYE 0.8 SW            1.91 IN   1046 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW ULM 0.2 SSW              1.78 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW ULM 0.8 NW               1.68 IN   0500 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW ULM 0.8 SW               1.45 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..CARVER COUNTY  
  
1.9 NW JORDAN                2.75 IN   0945 AM 06/29   USGS                   
CARVER 3S                    2.70 IN   1049 AM 06/29   RAWS                   
CARVER 1W                    1.94 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHASKA 1ESE                  1.93 IN   0643 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CARVER 1.1 NW                1.87 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHASKA 1.0 SSW               1.84 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORWOOD YOUNG AMERICA 0.9 EN 1.81 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHASKA 0.6 E                 1.62 IN   0618 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
VICTORIA                     1.58 IN   1141 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
WACONIA 1.3 E                1.54 IN   0615 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHANHASSEN 1.0 ESE           1.48 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WACONIA 1WSW                 1.43 IN   1204 PM 06/29   AWS                    
CHANHASSEN 2SW               1.39 IN   0700 AM 06/29   UCOOP                  
WACONIA                      1.31 IN   0700 AM 06/29   UCOOP                  
VICTORIA 1WSW                1.26 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
VICTORIA 2ENE                1.22 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CARROLLTON                   1.18 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
CHANHASSEN (NWS)             1.16 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COOP                   
CHASKA 1.1 WSW               1.15 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHANHASSEN 1.7 NE            1.10 IN   0610 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHANHASSEN 1W                1.07 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..CHIPPEWA COUNTY  
  
RAYMOND 4.7 WSW              4.10 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..CHISAGO COUNTY  
  
SHAFER 3.2 ESE               3.40 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SCANDIA 4NW                  2.54 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SCANDIA                      2.44 IN   1205 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
SCANDIA                      2.38 IN   1205 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
STACY 1W                     2.06 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WYOMING                      1.85 IN   1204 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
FOREST LAKE 5NE              1.74 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COOP                   
CHISAGO CITY 1.3 SSE         1.74 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHISAGO CITY 2ENE            1.53 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WYOMING 1.0 SSW              1.50 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SHAFER 4N                    1.34 IN   1133 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RUSH CITY 3NE                1.28 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BRANCH 1SSW                  1.04 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..DAKOTA COUNTY  
  
MIESVILLE 4NNE               6.13 IN   0740 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MIESVILLE 2WSW               5.86 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BURNSVILLE 3SSW              5.40 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKEVILLE 2.7 NNW            5.10 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BURNSVILLE 3.4 SSE           5.08 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SOUTH ST. PAUL AP            4.81 IN   1115 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 1.6 NE   4.70 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKEVILLE 2.1 N              4.64 IN   0838 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
HASTINGS 0.3 ENE             4.61 IN   1008 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
APPLE VALLEY 2WSW            4.49 IN   1204 PM 06/29   AWS                    
ROSEMOUNT 6.3 W              4.44 IN   1025 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SOUTH SAINT PAUL 1.1 W       4.06 IN   0659 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKEVILLE 2.6 WSW            3.95 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKEVILLE 1.2 N              3.92 IN   0546 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EAGAN 2ESE                   3.89 IN   0655 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EAGAN 2SE                    3.88 IN   1204 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
HASTINGS 0.7 S               3.75 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS          3.74 IN   1158 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
FARMINGTON 3E                3.72 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
APPLE VALLEY 3SSE            3.67 IN   0655 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS          3.58 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
LAKEVILLE 1.9 SE             3.57 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ROSEMOUNT 3SW                3.57 IN   0620 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ROSEMOUNT 3WNW               3.45 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKEVILLE 2SW                3.38 IN   0815 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BURNSVILLE 0.7 SSE           3.36 IN   0710 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
APPLE VALLEY 3E              3.35 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
APPLE VALLEY 3ESE            3.31 IN   0542 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTHFIELD 2NE               3.29 IN   0656 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FARMINGTON 2ESE              3.28 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MENDOTA HEIGHTS 0.9 SSE      3.24 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
HASTINGS 1.6 NW              3.23 IN   0830 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
HASTINGS                     3.20 IN   0530 AM 06/29   COOP                   
FARMINGTON 5.0 SSE           3.15 IN   0815 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MENDOTA HEIGHTS 0.9 ENE      3.15 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
2.6 SW COATES                3.10 IN   1045 AM 06/29   HADS                   
ROSEMOUNT 2NW                2.93 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKEVILLE AP                 2.87 IN   1115 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
4.4 SE LAKEVILLE             2.85 IN   1030 AM 06/29   HADS                   
LAKEVILLE 2WSW               2.75 IN   0814 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
3.2 S NEW TRIER              2.64 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
EAGAN 2.4 WSW                2.56 IN   0740 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EAGAN 1NW                    2.50 IN   0717 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WEST ST. PAUL 1SW            2.24 IN   1205 PM 06/29   AWS                    
   
..GOODHUE COUNTY  
  
CANNON FALLS 0.5 SE          5.54 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CANNON FALLS 0.7 SSW         5.28 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CANNON FALLS 2S              4.73 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
CANNON FALLS 2.6 SSW         4.67 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DENNISON 0.4 SSE             3.77 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DENNISON 2.0 NNE             3.53 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STANTON AP                   3.37 IN   1116 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
VASA 5NNE                    3.27 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
7.0 S CANNON FALLS           3.24 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
CANNON FALLS 5.6 ESE         3.00 IN   0900 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RED WING LOCK AND DAM        2.90 IN   0620 AM 06/29   COOP                   
ZUMBROTA                     2.74 IN   1203 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
1.2 W WANAMINGO              2.46 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
NERSTRAND 4E                 2.45 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ZUMBROTA                     2.30 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COOP                   
RED WING                     2.27 IN   1146 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
RED WING                     2.21 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COOP                   
RED WING 3SE                 2.14 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DENNISON 6E                  2.03 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
4.4 S MAIDEN ROCK            1.90 IN   1130 AM 06/29   HADS                   
LAKE CITY                    1.89 IN   1146 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
KENYON 0.2 SE                1.81 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ZUMBROTA 1.6 NNW             1.73 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WANAMINGO 4SSE               1.67 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
KENYON                       1.62 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ZUMBROTA 2.3 NNE             1.37 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WANAMINGO 3SSE               1.25 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ZUMBROTA 0.4 ESE             1.20 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PINE ISLAND 3.9 ENE          1.12 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..HENNEPIN COUNTY  
  
RICHFIELD 1.2 NW             3.78 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BLOOMINGTON 1WSW             3.00 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL AP      2.88 IN   1119 AM 06/29   ASOS                   
BLOOMINGTON 3.1 E            2.87 IN   0821 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BLOOMINGTON 1.8 SW           2.63 IN   0900 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BLOOMINGTON 1.1 SW           2.61 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SAINT PAUL                   2.60 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
EDEN PRAIRIE 2E              2.54 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RICHFIELD 0.7 SSE            2.24 IN   0630 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS 3SE              2.20 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS 4.9 SE           2.20 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WEST BLOOMINGTON             2.19 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
RICHFIELD 1.1 WSW            2.18 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DAYTON 1NNE                  2.12 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RICHFIELD 3ENE               2.11 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EDEN PRAIRIE 2WSW            1.95 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RICHFIELD 2NNW               1.93 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EDINA                        1.90 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
EDINA 1.4 SE                 1.87 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
RICHFIELD 1WNW               1.87 IN   0500 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BLOOMINGTON 1 ESE            1.86 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EDEN PRAIRIE 2.7 SE          1.82 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS 4.1 SSW          1.82 IN   0730 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS 2.8 SSE          1.81 IN   0850 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PLYMOUTH 2.8 WSW             1.81 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EDEN PRAIRIE AP              1.78 IN   1053 AM 06/29   ASOS                   
LONG LAKE 4SW                1.69 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CHANHASSEN 2SE               1.68 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DAYTON 3.0 SE                1.64 IN   0625 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BLOOMINGTON                  1.63 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
EDINA 1SW                    1.60 IN   0740 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ORONO 2.0 W                  1.60 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS 2.5 SE           1.59 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MAPLE PLAIN 2.0 NNE          1.56 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SPRING PARK 0.4 E            1.56 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LONG LAKE 0.2 WSW            1.54 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ORONO 1.1 NNE                1.53 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PLYMOUTH 2ENE                1.53 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS 4.7 SSW          1.51 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ORONO 1.7 WNW                1.50 IN   0635 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PLYMOUTH 2.8 N               1.50 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
CRYSTAL AP                   1.47 IN   1053 AM 06/29   ASOS                   
PLYMOUTH 1E                  1.33 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SHOREWOOD 2.9 WSW            1.32 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EDINA 2NE                    1.30 IN   1205 PM 06/29   AWS                    
MINNETONKA 2.9 NE            1.20 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
GOLDEN VALLEY 2WSW           1.19 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MAPLE GROVE 2.4 NNE          1.19 IN   0730 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS 1WSW             1.18 IN   0824 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ST. BONIFACIUS 1SW           1.18 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PLYMOUTH 2WSW                1.16 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
ROBBINSDALE                  1.15 IN   1202 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
HOPKINS 1ESE                 1.15 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MAPLE GROVE 3.0 WNW          1.15 IN   1055 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNETONKA                   1.12 IN   1203 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
OSSEO 1 NW                   1.09 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ROBBINSDALE 0.6 SSE          1.08 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ST. LOUIS PARK 2ESE          1.07 IN   0655 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BROOKLYN CENTER 1E           1.04 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MINNEAPOLIS LOWER ST. ANTHON 1.03 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COOP                   
CHAMPLIN 1SW                 1.02 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
EXCELSIOR 1.8 W              1.02 IN   0634 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MAPLE GROVE 1N               1.02 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..ISANTI COUNTY  
  
PRINCETON 5.3 SE             1.12 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..KANABEC COUNTY  
  
MORA 1ENE                    1.41 IN   1108 AM 06/29   RAWS                   
MORA 2 N                     1.37 IN   0543 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MORA 2.5 S                   1.13 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
OGILVIE 4.8 SSE              1.10 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
0.9 S MORA                   1.00 IN   1115 AM 06/29   HADS                   
   
..KANDIYOHI COUNTY  
  
8.8 N ATWATER                1.17 IN   1100 AM 06/29   USGS                   
   
..LE SUEUR COUNTY  
  
LE CENTER 5NNW               3.28 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW PRAGUE 1ESE              3.15 IN   0720 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MONTGOMERY 3E                3.09 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW PRAGUE 1.0 S             3.03 IN   0830 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MONTGOMERY 2.1 N             3.03 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..MCLEOD COUNTY  
  
BROWNTON                     1.49 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
PLATO 0.3 ENE                1.42 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
HUTCHINSON 5N                1.38 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BROWNTON 0.2 SSE             1.03 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..MEEKER COUNTY  
  
DARWIN 0.2 SSE               1.03 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..MILLE LACS COUNTY  
  
MILACA                       1.45 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
PRINCETON AP                 1.22 IN   1116 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
7.7 N MILACA                 1.07 IN   1130 AM 06/29   HADS                   
   
..NICOLLET COUNTY  
  
SAINT PETER 0.6 NW           4.55 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ST. PETER 6WSW               3.66 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
KASOTA 4WSW                  3.48 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTH MANKATO 1.3 ESE        2.20 IN   0730 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTH MANKATO 0.8 SSW        1.70 IN   0702 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
4.9 S FAIRFAX                1.15 IN   1000 AM 06/29   HADS                   
   
..POPE COUNTY  
  
HANCOCK 4ENE                 1.04 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..RAMSEY COUNTY  
  
ST. PAUL DWTN AP             4.42 IN   1053 AM 06/29   ASOS                   
NORTH ST. PAUL 1NNW          3.84 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SAINT PAUL 4.8 ENE           3.79 IN   0900 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MAPLEWOOD 4.3 SSE            3.34 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MENDOTA HGTS 2WNW            3.33 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTH ST. PAUL               3.03 IN   1205 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
ST. PAUL 1N                  2.85 IN   0450 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FALCON HGTS 3S               2.56 IN   1125 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ST. PAUL                     2.42 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
SAINT PAUL 3.8 WSW           2.39 IN   0655 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SAINT PAUL                   2.07 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
FALCON HGTS 1SSW             1.68 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
1.5 NE WHITE BEAR LAKE       1.55 IN   1000 AM 06/29   HADS                   
ROSEVILLE                    1.53 IN   1202 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
LITTLE CANADA 0.9 SSW        1.50 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ROSEVILLE 0.7 SSE            1.39 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FALCON HEIGHTS               1.28 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
ROSEVILLE 2.2 ENE            1.22 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ST. PAUL U OF MN             1.15 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COOP                   
ROSEVILLE 1.2 SW             1.12 IN   0701 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW BRIGHTON 1.3 NNW         1.11 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ROSEVILLE 2WNW               1.08 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SHOREVIEW 2.2 N              1.04 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ROSEVILLE 1NW                1.00 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..RENVILLE COUNTY  
  
BIRD ISLAND 7SSE             7.14 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COOP                   
BIRD ISLAND 0.3 SW           4.97 IN   0650 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
OLIVIA AP                    3.10 IN   1116 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
DANUBE 2WNW                  1.96 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKE LILLIAN 5SE             1.23 IN   0830 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FAIRFAX 4.9 SSE              1.02 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..RICE COUNTY  
  
FARIBAULT 1.7 N              4.27 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTHFIELD 2.1 SSW           4.11 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTHFIELD 1.2 ESE           3.85 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTHFIELD 3.9 SSW           3.83 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTHFIELD 0.5 NNW           3.71 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTHFIELD                   3.61 IN   1045 AM 06/29   UCOOP                  
FARIBAULT                    3.56 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COOP                   
NORTHFIELD 0.4 NW            3.50 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NORTHFIELD 0.8 SE            3.41 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FARIBAULT 3.5 ESE            3.25 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FARIBAULT                    3.04 IN   1202 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
VESELI 1W                    2.79 IN   0500 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MONTGOMERY 3ENE              2.73 IN   0430 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FARIBAULT 1.6 S              2.69 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FARIBAULT 1SSW               2.49 IN   1204 PM 06/29   AWS                    
VESELI 2E                    2.11 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..SCOTT COUNTY  
  
NEW PRAGUE 3.8 NE            3.38 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW PRAGUE 1.0 NNW           3.12 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
JORDAN 4.2 SSE               3.00 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
NEW PRAGUE 2.2 W             2.90 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SAVAGE                       2.66 IN   1157 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
SAVAGE 1.2 E                 2.65 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKEVILLE                    2.56 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
PRIOR LAKE                   2.52 IN   1204 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
SAVAGE                       2.48 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
LYDIA                        2.45 IN   1145 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
SHAKOPEE 1NW                 2.44 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
PRIOR LAKE                   2.41 IN   1203 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
SHAKOPEE 1WSW                2.34 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SAVAGE                       2.31 IN   1155 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
SPRING LAKE PARK             2.28 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
PRIOR LAKE 1ESE              2.28 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
JORDAN 1SSW                  2.22 IN   0530 AM 06/29   COOP                   
PRIOR LAKE 1WSW              1.95 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SHAKOPEE 3.0 E               1.95 IN   0735 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..SHERBURNE COUNTY  
  
4.0 SE ORROCK                1.39 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
ZIMMERMAN 0.6 S              1.34 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ELK RIVER 3.2 W              1.34 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PRINCETON 4.4 SE             1.29 IN   1000 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ST. CLOUD AP                 1.21 IN   1053 AM 06/29   ASOS                   
ZIMMERMAN 4.1 NNW            1.19 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ZIMMERMAN 0.9 NNE            1.17 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ORROCK 2SE                   1.12 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PRINCETON 2WSW               1.04 IN   0500 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ELK RIVER 1.6 S              1.01 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SANTIAGO 3E                  1.00 IN   1120 AM 06/29   RAWS                   
   
..SIBLEY COUNTY  
  
GREEN ISLE 1WNW              2.28 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..STEARNS COUNTY  
  
PAYNESVILLE AP               1.57 IN   1115 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
BELGRADE 0.4 WNW             1.04 IN   0900 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..STEELE COUNTY  
  
ELLENDALE 0.3 SW             1.10 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
OWATONNA                     1.08 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COOP                   
OWATONNA 0.8 E               1.01 IN   0630 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..STEVENS COUNTY  
  
MORRIS                       2.40 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COOP                   
1.5 E MORRIS                 2.11 IN   1000 AM 06/29   HADS                   
MORRIS 1 SSE                 1.87 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DONNELLY 2WNW                1.69 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MORRIS 0.6 NW                1.26 IN   0652 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..SWIFT COUNTY  
  
1.1 NE CLONTARF              2.89 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
BENSON 10.2 NE               1.38 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
HOLLOWAY 7.4 N               1.10 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
   
..WASECA COUNTY  
  
WASECA 1NNE                  3.28 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WASECA 2.0 N                 3.21 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WASECA 6.0 N                 2.58 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WASECA                       1.54 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COOP                   
   
..WASHINGTON COUNTY  
  
NEWPORT 1E                   4.80 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKELAND 1.8 S               4.52 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
AFTON 1E                     4.50 IN   0730 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKELAND                     4.19 IN   1205 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
WOODBURY 0.3 NNW             4.08 IN   0632 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WOODBURY 0.3 WNW             4.04 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
OAKDALE 0.9 SSE              3.96 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
COTTAGE GROVE 1ESE           3.95 IN   1155 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
COTTAGE GROVE                3.88 IN   1159 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
MAHTOMEDI 1.3 S              3.81 IN   0715 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
MAHTOMEDI 0.8 NE             3.56 IN   0702 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WOODBURY 1.0 WNW             3.54 IN   0730 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STILLWATER 5.7 SSE           3.50 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
LAKE ELMO 2NNW               3.49 IN   0630 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STILLWATER 4.2 NNE           3.49 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
PINE SPRINGS                 3.48 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DENMARK TOWNSHIP             3.44 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
OAKDALE 0.4 S                3.44 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STILLWATER 2 SW              3.37 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COOP                   
WOODBURY 1.8 NW              3.36 IN   0900 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STILLWATER 1NE               3.30 IN   0735 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STILLWATER 2 SW              3.23 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STILLWATER 0.8 SW            3.22 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
STILLWATER 0.2 E             3.18 IN   0910 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
WOODBURY 1.7 N               3.11 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
DELLWOOD 0.5 NNW             2.40 IN   0800 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FOREST LAKE 1.4 N            1.70 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
FOREST LAKE 1SE              1.53 IN   1205 PM 06/29   AWS                    
HUGO                         1.28 IN   1201 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
   
..WATONWAN COUNTY  
  
LA SALLE 2NW                 4.21 IN   1130 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
2.9 W MADELIA                3.49 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
3.5 E LA SALLE               3.38 IN   1100 AM 06/29   HADS                   
MADELIA                      2.22 IN   1200 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
   
..WRIGHT COUNTY  
  
MONTICELLO                   2.14 IN   1156 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
2.7 W ROCKFORD               1.90 IN   1145 AM 06/29   HADS                   
DELANO 0.9 WNW               1.80 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ROCKFORD 1.0 NE              1.78 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
OTSEGO 2.1 WSW               1.48 IN   0600 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
OTSEGO 1.8 ENE               1.30 IN   0623 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
GOLDEN VALLEY                1.25 IN   1205 PM 06/29   CWOP                   
OTSEGO 2.2 E                 1.20 IN   0700 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
ST. MICHAEL 2ENE             1.19 IN   0630 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
SAINT MICHAEL 1.3 NNE        1.17 IN   0833 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
HANOVER 1WNW                 1.17 IN   0515 AM 06/29   COCORAHS               
BUFFALO AP                   1.10 IN   1116 AM 06/29   AWOS                   
4.0 NE COKATO                1.06 IN   1145 AM 06/29   HADS                   
WINSTED                      1.06 IN   1151 AM 06/29   CWOP                   
          
  
OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING  
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS   
FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.
Last modified: June 29, 2020

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