FARGO (AP) - Northeastern North Dakota got up to 9 inches of snow Tuesday, canceling classes and leaving roads a mess. Residents in the western part of the state needed no shovels in 60-degree warmth.

Authorities in Cavalier, Grand Forks, Pembina, Steele and Walsh counties estimated the snowfall range from 6 inches to 9 inches from Tuesday's Alberta clipper system. Cass County officials estimated 4 inches to 6 inches, on top of a record 7.4 inches in Fargo on Saturday.

Rick Millar, a sales representative for Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., made a 100-mile round trip from Fargo to the town of Colgate.

"The roads were tricky at times," he said. "I saw one semi driver with a load full of lumber who was passing someone and wound up riding his truck straight down into the median. It was pretty wild."

Millar made all his scheduled calls, despite the weather.

"All you can do is go out and test the roads, and if they're bad enough, turn around and come back," he said.

At least one school - Minto - canceled classes Tuesday while others cut classes short. Highway speeds in the Grand Forks area were reduced to about 50 mph, according to the Highway Patrol.

One vehicle hit a power pole in north Moorhead, Minn., knocking power lines down across the road. Traffic had to be diverted.

The weather service said the 7.4 inches of snow Saturday in Fargo topped the record 2.8 inches for the date set in 1985, and the 0.67 inches of precipitation it brought topped the 0.48-inch record set in 1909.

The 6.4 inches at the Grand Forks airport Saturday also set a record for the date in that city, breaking the previous mark of 0.7 inches in 1990, Grand Forks meteorologist Tom Grafenauer said. Grand Forks had about 8 inches of snow Tuesday.

The western part of the state avoided a major snowfall. Hettinger reported a high of 61 degrees early in the afternoon, then dropped to 30 degrees five hours later.

"When the low gets past, it brings the cold air down," said Bismarck weather service meteorologist Rich Leblang. "The tail end of it's whipping the cold air down to the south, as its final parting shot."