how much snow did new brighton minnesota get
The 18-foot-high snow sculpture of an octopus sits in the Bartz brother's front yard in New Brighton, Minnesota. For the fifth consecutive year, a trio of brothers in New Brighton, Minnesota, has transformed their front yard into a snowy sculpture garden. This year the Bartz Brothers - Austin, 21, Trevor, 20 and Connor, 17 - have built an 18-foot-high octopus out of snow in their front yard, reports the Star Tribune. Since Christmas, about 8.3 inches of snow has fallen near New Brighton. Daytime highs have ranged from the 20s to the 30s, with temperatures at night as low as 7 degrees on New Year's Eve, said weather.com meteorologist Quincy Vagell.