Snowmageddon 2012: Burnsville Racks Up 12.5 Inches of Snow
Burnsville will have a White Christmas thanks to a winter storm over Saturday and Sunday, but the snow will make only a "minor dent" in the severe drought that grips Dakota County and much of Minnesota.
Over a foot of snow blanketed Burnsville after the largest snowstorm in two years swept through the Twin Cities region. The storm backed up traffic for two days and precipitated over 600 crashes and 1,000 spinouts statewide. Greg Spoden, state climatologist with the Department of Natural Resources, told Burnsville Patch that the 12.5 inches of white stuff puts Burnsville ahead of total snowfall totals for last winter, which was one of the warmest and dryest in recent memory. Though the storm caused many a fender bender, the snow will only make a "minor dent" in the drought that has afflicted Dakota County (and the rest of Minnesota) for months. "Has the drought ended? That's a definitive no," Spoden said on Tuesday. Spoden said that the …
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