ON THURSDAY OCT 4, 2012

A DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL OF 2.7 INCHES WAS SET AT GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THURSDAY. THE OLD RECORD WAS A TRACE SET IN 1952.

A DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL OF 3.5 INCHES WAS SET AT THE WEATHER STATION AT UND..

ALSO A DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL OF 1.4 INCHES WAS SET AT FARGO HECTOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ND FOR THURSDAY.

THE OLD RECORD WAS 0.6 INCHES SET IN 1903.

Thursday’s snowy, windy storm conditions caused power outages in the area.

Northern Plains Electric Cooperative reports, at 2:30 a.m. Thursday the weather system came through the Woodworth area, taking down 21 utility poles resulting in the power outages affecting 30 Northern Plains customers.

Crews were called in from Woodworth-Robinson, Cando, Carrington, Jamestown, Maddock and Rugby.

The power was back on by mid-afternoon, to all but 13 members, which were expected to be on line Thursday evening.

Assisting were area farmers with tractors pulling vehicles from the mud.

Xcel Energy said the weather contributed to a power outage affecting about 6,500 people in the Fargo region for a couple of hours.