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Halloween snow! Photos and snowfall totals from around Minnesota

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Bianca Greenwade, 28, fixes Halloween decorations that have fallen over due to weather Thursday, in Hermantown, Minn. Greenwade helped to set up a haunted house part of TBI Residential & Community Services. A winter weather advisory was in effect Halloween day in the Twin Ports region and in central to northeastern Minnesota marking one of the first winter advisories of the season.
Erica Dischino for MPR News

It’s been a Halloween filled with rain and snow for much of Minnesota and the heaviest snow fell in the Twin Cities area.

While most of the precipitation fell as rain and sleet, many areas recorded more than 4 inches of snow. Here’s a look at some snowfall totals, as reported by the National Weather Service on Thursday evening:

  • 4.5 inches — Henriette

  • 4.3 inches — Monticello, Plymouth, Sandstone

  • 4.1 inches — Duquette

  • 4 inches — Winthrop, Kerrick

  • 3.5 inches — Maple Lake

  • 3 inches — Buffalo, Maple Plain

  • 2.8 inches — Hinckley, Mound

  • 2.4 inches — Windom

  • 2 inches — St. Bonifacius

  • 1.6 inches — Duluth

Neither rain nor snow stopped Minnesotans of all ages from living Halloween to the fullest. MPR News freelance photographer Erica Dischino went to northern Minnesota and captured those moments.

We would love to see your photos! Send us your Halloween snowfall shots at tell@mpr.org.

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A house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul was decorated as "The Haunted Mansion" for Halloween.
Courtesy of Kelly Clement
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Snow accumulates along Johnson Road Thursday in Hermantown, Minn.
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Elijah Bennett, 8, holds a snowball while wearing a costume as his family keeps warm in their car waiting for Halloween festivities to begin Thursday, in Duluth.
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Snow piles on changing leaves along Alexander Road Thursday, in Hermantown, Minn.
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Leo from Minneapolis dressed up as Tim Walz for Halloween 2024.
Courtesy of Alexa M.
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Water droplets from wintry weather are seen on Halloween decorations Thursday, in Esko, Minn.
Erica Dischino for MPR News
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Hunter Nelson, 3, dressed as a member of the military, looks in his trick-or-treat bag with his mother Tia Nelson of Cloquet, Minn. on Halloween day Thursday at the Cloquet Public Library.
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Halloween decorations fill the yard of a home off East Highway 61 Thursday in Esko, Minn.
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Annabelle Nelson, 7, of Cloquet, Minn. fixes her fairy wings in the wind on Halloween day Thursday.
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Halloween decorations are seen among wintery weather Thursday, along Main Street in Barnum, Minn.
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The outline of a skeleton is seen through a foggy window Thursday, in Esko, Minn.
Erica Dischino for MPR News