16 Things You Should + Shouldn’t Do When It’s Winter In Minnesota

Winter isn't here just yet. Despite some light Halloween snow across the Northland, we're still seeing rain instead of snow and somewhat warm temperatures.

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In fact, as of now, there isn't any major winter activity in the forecast for Duluth. At the time of writing, rain will stay just rain without any snow mixing in this week.

The National Weather Service of Duluth confirmed this, sharing an outlook for the week. See what I mean? Snow-free for now!

Eventually, winter will hit and we will definitely be making up for all of the nice and mild days we've had so far this fall. We'll also have to pay the price for our very mild winter last year.

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We might as well embrace it! We always do. We just have to talk about it first and get the first major snowfall out of the way so the dread is gone. Right?

Because it seems like it has been forever since we've had to really deal with a bad winter, I made a list of the things we should and should not be doing when winter finally does roll around in the Northland.

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Whether a foot of snow or temperatures falling well below zero, there is a lengthy list of things we should and shouldn't do. Sometimes, we can't help ourselves and will do some of these things anyway.

Now, locate your snow scraper and brush up on these winter do's and dont's before that season we don't speak of rolls around.