Residents of Beach were not seeing a beach when they looked out their windows Monday. They were seeing snowmen.

The National Weather Service said the southwestern North Dakota town of about 1,200 people had 11 inches of snow after a storm that hit Saturday night and Sunday morning.

"It kind of just falls off the roofs and hits the ground," said Ivy Schantz, a receptionist at the Beach Co-op Grain Co.

"It looks just like January out there," she said. "We woke up (Sunday) and there it was."

Josh Hammond, an agronomist at the company, took his little boy out to enjoy the snow. He said the moisture is welcome, but too much wind could hurt safflowers and sunflowers still standing, making it hard to combine them.

"It depends on how fast the snow melts," he said. "This is perfect for the winter wheat that got seeded."

Williston got 7 inches of snow, knocking out power to some parts of the city when the wet snow caused tree branches to break and damage power lines.

Montana-Dakota Utilities spokesman Mark Hanson said the company started getting calls about power outages at about 6 a.m. Sunday. He said most of the customers had their power back by 3:30 p.m.

In the eastern part of the state, the soil was saturated and parts of the Red River Valley were under a flood watch. Low-lying streets and roads were under water.

The Wahpeton area reported nearly 5 inches of rain, and the valley's sugar beet harvest was halted.

Grand Forks set two rainfall records over the weekend. On Saturday, 1.16 inches fell, topping the mark set in 1961. That was followed by 1.12 inches Sunday, beating a 1981 record. Fargo reported a record 1.23 inches of rain on Saturday.

American Crystal Sugar spokesman Jeff Schweitzer estimated about 68 percent of the co-op's sugar beet harvest was complete, while Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President Tom Knudsen said about a quarter of the co-op's beets were harvested before rain shut down operations.

"We are sitting now on a lot of flooded fields that need to drain, and after they drain they need to dry, and after they dry, we need to get back to work and get the beets lifted," Knudsen said.

A freeze warning was in effect for Monday night, with highs today expected to range from 45 to 60.