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How much rain has fallen so far in Minnesota this week?
How much rain has fallen so far in Minnesota this week? originally appeared on Bring Me The News.
Friday brought more rain to Minnesota, with totals in excess of six inches being documented in parts of the state.
A system bringing tracks of consistent moderate-to-heavy rain has been making its way across the state during the course of Thursday and Friday, with central Minnesota seeing the heaviest amounts.
Rain is expected to continue for the next several days, with the National Weather Service noting that flooding, perhaps even flash flooding, is a risk through midweek.
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Here's a look at the latest totals, based on readings provided to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
Numbers show rain totals between Tuesday and 4 p.m. Friday
4.52 inches – Willmar
4.07 inches – Annandale
3.76 inches – Appleton
3.53 inches – Glencoe
3.47 inches – Montevideo
3.29 inches – Spicer
3.09 inches – Frontenac
3.08 inches – Lester Prairie
2.94 inches – Hutchinson, Dassel
2.88 inches – Fairmont
2.87 inches – Kandiyohi
2.86 inches – Welch
2.84 inches – Watertown
2.83 inches – Darwin
2.77 inches – Benson
2.72 inches – Atwater, Silver Lake, Chokio
2.64 inches – Litchfield, Cannon Falls
2.63 inches – Avon
2.62 inches – Morris
2.57 inches – Minneapolis
2.56 inches – Delano
2.55 inches – Eden Valley, New London
2.54 inches – Hancock
2.49 inches – Pennock, Howard Lake
2.42 inches – Red Wing
2.41 inches – Paynesville,
2.40 inches – Renville
2.38 inches – Northfield
2.36 inches – Ortonville
2.35 inches – Randolph, Dawson, Bird Island
You can find more totals by clicking here.
However, locations just south of Willmar, in southern Kandiyohi County, have received nearly double than what has been recorded in Willmar. If you're weather savvy and check radar apps for estimated rainfall totals, you'll see astonishing totals between 15-20 inches of rain in those areas. But rest assured, the numbers are significantly inflated because the technology can't give a true measurement.
For example, the WeatherWise app, as seen below, suggests a radar estimate of nearly 19 inches of rain in rural Kandiyohi County. It's wrong.
The real totals in that area, according to the National Weather Service, is more likely to 7-8 inches with some localized 9-inch amounts (which is still a lot!).
The RadarScope app, which is popular among storm chasers, is showing similarly insane rain totals.
"Our line of thinking is that the dual-pol estimated precipitation from the radar is vastly overdone by almost double what is actually on the ground," the National Weather Service in the Twin Cities told Bring Me The News.
There are no flood warnings in the area despite the significant rain, and as of noon Friday the weather service had only been informed of "nuisance street ponding" in Willmar," with "little to speak of in the hard hit rural areas."
This story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 13, 2025, where it first appeared.
