Minnesota's weird December weather Published December 16, 2015 10:49am CST FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Sleet (not snow) on Dec. 16. Photo by Fox 9 reporter Jonathan Choe. Snow in Brooten, Minn. on Dec. 16. Photo by Fox 9 viewer Karri Ann Anderson Pikula. Lilac bush starting to bloom in December. Photo by Fox 9 viewer Lori Twistol. Aftermath of a lightning strike in Orono, Minn. on Dec. 16. Photo by Fox 9 viewer Laura Saxton Cox. Six inches of snow in Madison, Minn. on Dec. 16. Photo by Fox 9 viewer Brian Tebben.