Minnesota weather: Saturday’s snow totals, top wind gusts, what's ahead Sunday

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - After record-high temperatures in Minnesota on Friday, parts of the state got snow on Saturday.

In a wild 24 hours, conditions changed quickly in western and northwestern Minnesota from highs in the 70s to blizzard conditions in some areas. Strong wins also made travel difficult outside the Twin Cities metro.

Minnesota weather: Saturday snow totals, what's ahead Sunday

FOX 9 Meteorologist Jennifer McDermed tells us where the most snow fell Saturday, where the strongest wind gusts were and what's ahead Sunday.

Snow totals

By the numbers:

Here’s a look at where the snow hit hardest Friday night and Saturday. Park Rapids was the biggest winner with six inches:

Park Rapids – 6
Long Prairie – 5.4
Wadena – 5
Osage – 5
Bemidji – 4.5
Clearbrook – 3.9
Baxter – 2

Wind gusts

By the numbers:

While it snowed in western Minnesota, the Twin Cities dealt mostly strong winds and rain. The strongest wind gust was 60 miles per hour in the western Minnesota town of Odessa. Here's a look at other top wind gusts:

Odessa – 60
Benson – 59
St. James – 59
Kent 58
Redwood Falls – 58
Bird Island – 56
Alexandria - 53

Power outage in Anoka County

What we know:

Officials with Connexus Energy say at one point on Saturday, more than 10,000 people were without power in the north Twin Cities metro. The outages were mostly in Blaine and Coon Rapids, likely due to strong winds. By 4 p.m. Saturday, the number of outages fell under 2,000.

Officials with Xcel Energy said at their peak Saturday, they were dealing with 2,000 outages.