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This graph shows the snow accumulation at KDLH on November 1, 1991. Total Snowfall, Halloween Storm, October 31-Nov 3, 1991

Visbility in Duluth was less than a mile for 26 hours during the storm, including an 11-hour stretch with visibility 1/2 mile or less on November 1st.

Visibilities were frequently near zero across much of the region. Winds regularly gusted to between 30 and 40 MPH.

Blowing snow was reported in Duluth for 33 consecutive hours, starting at 2 PM on November 1st.

Moderate to heavy snow fell in Duluth with as much as 2 inches per hour from about 11:00 am on November 1st to about 2:00 am on November 2nd - about 15 hours.

Snow began in Duluth at about 1:00 pm on October 31st, and did not end until 1:00 pm on November 3rd, meaning that snow fell continuously on the city for about 72 hours.

At the time, the 36.9" of snow that fell at Duluth set the state record for storm total snowfall.

In addition, winds gusting to to 40 mph created huge snowdrifts and zero visibility.

At times the snow fell at a rate of two inches per hour and was accompanied by thunder and lightning. A large area of more than 20 inches of snow covered most of the northwest quarter of Wisconsin from Bayfield to River Falls and near the eastern half of Minnesota.

It continued to snow for two more days, with final totals of 36.9 inches at the Duluth Airport and 45 inches in Superior. To have two exceptional storms impacting the continental United States at the same time is quite rare.ĭuring the height of trick-or-treating the storm began as rain, then changed quickly to freezing rain and before the evening was over, it was snowing. Moreover, the "Perfect Storm" was beginning to wind down in the Northeast on Halloween, around the same time that Minnesota was starting to see heavy snow creeping in. In fact, this storm was set up, in part, by the weather patterns that caused the " Perfect Storm" that struck the East Coast of the United States, and was famously depicted in Sebastian Junger's book. The snowstorm that hit parts of the Northland starting around Halloween (October 31 - November 3) in 1991 was an impressive storm in many respects, and it is still remembered by many people across the region.