Updated: November 11, 2014 8:45 AM [ET] | Originally published: November 11, 2014 5:23 AM EST ;
P arts of the Upper Midwest were waking up to almost a foot and a half of snow Tuesday after a winter blast that caused havoc at airports and on roads.
The mid-winter scenes from Montana to Michigan were accompanied by a blanket of sub-zero temperatures that crept south and reached as far as Dallas. Minnesota was hardest hit by the snow with Cambridge and St. Augusta both receiving 16.5 inches by 8:10 p.m. local time Monday (9:10 p.m. ET), according to The Weather Channel . Spooner and Glidden in northwest Wisconsin and Montana’s Whitefish Ski Resort each received 14 inches…
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See the First Major Snow Storm of the Season Jacob Rowell wears ski googles as he walks to school in Minneapolis, Nov. 10, 2014. Eric Miller—Reuters Mike Schultz of Minneapolis clears a sidewalk as he tries to keep up with the snow during the season's first snowstorm in Minneapolis, on Nov. 10, 2014. Craig Lassig—EPA City workers clear the snow during the season's first snowstorm in Minneapolis, on Nov. 10, 2014. Craig Lassig—EPA Traffic on Interstate 35 slows to a crawl during the season's first snowstorm in Minneapolis on Nov. 10, 2014. Craig Lassig—EPA A man walks through Mears Park in downtown St. Paul, Minn., during the first snowstorm of the season on Nov. 10, 2014. Leila Navidi—AP Snow falls on the Vince Lombardi statue at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. on Nov. 10, 2014. Kiichiro Sato—AP Perry Stephens waits to move her car after multiple collisions occurred at an intersection, following a snowfall in Duluth, Minn. on Nov. 10, 2014. Robert King—Reuters Wren Scott-Lumbar, 11, skis at Hester Park, in St. Cloud, Minn. on Nov. 10, 2014. Ann Wessel—AP Sue Scheeler walks her dog Brooke at Custer Park in Bismarck, N.D., on Nov. 10, 2014. Tom Stromme—AP A man holds his dog as he rushes across the street in downtown St. Paul, Minn., during the first snowstorm of the season on, Nov. 10, 2014. Leila Navidi—AP Read next: 2014 Could Be the Hottest Year on Record
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