Annual Minnesota rainfall

Driest location ranked by least annual average precipitation: Karlstad, northwestern Minnesota, 18.56"

Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Caledonia, southeastern Minnesota, 34.99"

Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Duluth, northern Minnesota,  83.3"

State precipitation record for 24 hours - Hokah, southeastern Minnesota, 8/18-19/2007, 15.10"

State precipitation record for 1 year - St, Francis, east-central Minnesota, 1991, 52.52"

State snowfall record for 24 hours -  Wolf Ridge, northeast Minnesota, 1/6-7/1994, 36.0"

State snow record for 1 season - Pigeon River Bridge, northern Minnesota, 1936-1937, 147.5"

On January 21, 1982, the second of two major snowstorms to hit southern Minnesota came to an end. 
Minneapolis received 20 inches of snow in 24 hours to break the previous record of 17 inches in 24 hours 
established just a few days earlier. A record 38 inches of snow covered the ground following the two storms, 
with drifts ten feet high

City	Avg Annual Precip	Avg Snow Annual	Avg. days of Precip	Avg # thunderstorm days	Avg # hail days
Duluth	31.00	81.3	134	34	1
International Falls	23.93	65.4	131	33	1
Minneapolis-St Paul	29.41	49.7	115	37	1
Rochester	31.40	48.4	118	41	1
St Cloud	27.13	44.4	109	43	3
State Average - 27.44 inches, 37th wettest in U.S.