After a wintry mix of precipitation on December 12 and a warmup to allow mainly rainfall on December 13, temperatures fell with a change to snow. Snow and stronger winds began earlier in the day December 14 west of the James River, with the transition to snow mainly later into the early morning hours of December 15 toward Interstate 29. With northwest winds gusting at times from 40 to 55 mph, several areas exhibited periods of blizzard conditions on the 15th and early on the 16th. The heaviest snowfall occurred from the James River Valley westward, where up to 10 to 17 inches was common. Amounts decreased toward the south and east, with less than 3 inches in far southeast South Dakota, northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa.

Blizzard in ROCK, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 06:30:00 to 15-DEC-22 17:35:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: AWOS

Snow developed early on December 15, with strong and gusty winds developing shortly after this time. Consistent visibility of one-quarter mile occurred from late morning through the afternoon, with a peak wind gust reaching 41 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KLYV near Luverne. Snowfall totaled 2.0 inches at Hills.

Winter Weather in JACKSON, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 07:00:00 to 16-DEC-22 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall totaled 2.9 inches at COOP site LKFM5 2 miles northeast of Lakefield. Winds gusted to 39 mph in Jackson, which very briefly produced visibility as low as one mile.

Winter Storm in NOBLES, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 07:00:00 to 16-DEC-22 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: AWOS

Snowfall totaled 1.2 inches at COOP site WRNM5 in Worthington. Winds gusted to 44 mph at Automated Weather Observing System site KOTG in Worthington, which briefly produced visibility as low as one-quarter to one-half mile.

Winter Storm in LINCOLN, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 05:00:00 to 16-DEC-22 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Heavy snowfall resulted in accumulations of 7.0 inches 8 miles southeast of Hendricks. With the addition of winds which gusted to 44 mph at Marshall (Automated Weather Observing System site KMML) and 31 mph at Florence (Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN030), visibility briefly dropped to one-quarter to one-half mile.

Winter Storm in PIPESTONE, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 05:00:00 to 16-DEC-22 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall resulted in accumulations of 4.0 inches at Pipestone. With the addition of winds which gusted to 38 mph at Pipestone (RAWS site RPPM5), visibility briefly dropped to one-quarter to one-half mile.

Winter Storm in LYON, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 05:30:00 to 16-DEC-22 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Heavy snowfall resulted in accumulations of 6.7 inches 5 miles south of Cottonwood. With the addition of winds which gusted to 44 mph at Marshall (Automated Weather Observing System site KMML) and 38 mph at Tracy (Automated Weather Observing System site KTKC), visibility briefly dropped to one-quarter to one-half mile.

Winter Storm in MURRAY, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 06:00:00 to 16-DEC-22 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Heavy snowfall resulted in accumulations of 6.2 inches at Slayton. With the addition of winds which gusted to 39 mph at Slayton (Automated Weather Observing System site KDVP) and 40 mph 2 miles west of Dovray (Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN038), visibility briefly dropped to one-quarter to one-half mile.

Winter Storm in COTTONWOOD, MINNESOTA
From 15-DEC-22 06:00:00 to 16-DEC-22 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall resulted in accumulations of 4.3 inches at Windom. With the addition of winds which gusted to 39 mph at Windom (Automated Weather Observing System site KMWM) and 44 mph 4 miles east-northeast of Jeffers (Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN071), visibility briefly dropped to one-quarter to one-half mile.