Cook County snowfall totals and winter storm cancellations
The brown lawns and landscape of the North Shore are now blanketed with snow.
Many areas across the Northland, including Cook County, are still under a blizzard warning until 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The National Weather Service provided an update at 3 a.m. on March 25 stating that additional snow accumulations will total 9 to 12 inches. Wind gusts may reach 40 mph.
Find the latest Minnesota Department of Transportation road conditions here.
The following snowfall totals and Cook County cancellations are current as of 7 a.m. on March 25.
Snowfall totals for Cook County:
- WTIP Station – 6 inches
- County Road 7 – 6-7 inches
- Good Harbor Hill – 9 inches
- Lutsen – 5.5 inches
- Tofte – 8-9 inches
- Mid-trail of the Gunflint near Poplar Lake – 3.5 inches
- Seagull Lake – 2.1 inches
- Reservation River in Grand Portage – 9 to 10 inches
- Hovland – 7-8 inches
Lake County
- Finland – 9.4 inches
- Silver Bay – 7.8 inches
Call WTIP at 218-387-1070 to share your snowfall totals!
Closed on Monday due to storm & weather conditions:
- Cook County ISD 166 School. All school activities are canceled for today.
- Great Expectations School
- Oshki Ogimaag Community School
- Fisherman’s Daughter
- First and Second Thrift Store
- Oddz & Endz
- Cook County Offices
- Cook County Recycling Center
- The Hub. No meals will be delivered. Grand Marais Bone Builders at The Hub, is canceled for Monday, March 25
- YMCA closed all day
- Grand Marais Library
- Cook County Home Center will be closing at noon today, Monday, March 25
- Grand Portage Tribal Offices and Tribal Programs (The lodge, casino, and trading post will remain open at this time)
March 25 Update to Burn Permits
Due to the snowfall received across Lake and Cook Counties, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on Monday, March 25, the burning permit status has been changed to ‘Open No Permit Required’.
Aaron Mielke, the Fire Program Forester for the Minnesota DNR said, when the majority of the snow melts permits will be required and burning will again be restricted to occurring after 6 p.m., spring restrictions (very limited burning opportunities) will likely follow soon after.
Photos from around Cook County
WTIP’s CJ Heithoff spoke with Ketzel Levens, a National Weather Service meteorologist at 8:40 a.m. on Monday, March 25. Audio from the interview is below.
Kalli Hawkins March 25, 2024
