30+ Places People in Rochester, MN Want to Visit to Escape Winter

There are days during the winter in Southeast Minnesota when the snow is gently falling with giant snowflakes and it feels like you are living in a real-life snowglobe. Those are the days when winter doesn't even feel cold. And then...Mother Nature has a horrible PMS day and blows -24 degrees at us and before we even shut the front door, our nose hairs are frozen.

You know those days. According to Stacker, close to 55% of us that reside in the Land of 10,000 Lakes don't like the nasty winter weather.

If you are one of the many who has sputtered the words "why do I live here" as soon as winter hits, below are the top spots the majority of us want to escape to as soon as the first snowflake appears.

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Winter Has Arrived in Minnesota - Here's 30+ Places You Can Escape To Right Now To Avoid The Snow

If you've been in Rochester for awhile, you know that our winters are pretty unpredictable. Sometimes, it it super mild and feels like we hardly got any snow. And then the opposite happens and we are thrown into a polar vortex with deadly temperatures and blizzard like conditions. One year, we even had tanks out rescuing people and it was so bad, the TANK got stuck!

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Every year isn't as bad as 2019 but we do get some pretty epic snow. Not as much as Duluth, but the average snowfall that drops in Rochester, Minnesota is about 51.9 inches each year. Compare that to the national average of about 28 inches a year, and you can see that life is a bit more extreme in our area.

If "winter" isn't your favorite and you are ready to escape, below are the top spots that Minnesotans love to visit during the winter months.

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When the temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Iowa are thinking one thing, "Where can I escape to right now?". I asked that question in a fun survey and here are the top answers of our dream destinations. Huge bonus to the destinations that are warmer and have a beach!

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