April Snowstorm

A very late season snowstorm produced up to 33" of snow in central Wisconsin from April 13-15.

Some snow totals:

14.3" Sioux Falls, SD
15.8" Minneapolis - St Paul
24.2" Green Bay, WI
21.2" Appleton, WI
28.0" Stevens Point, WI
31.6" Carlsville, WI (Door County)
33.0" Amherst, WI (Portage County)

At Green Bay, the 24.2" that they received was the largest April snowstorm on record. The previous record was only 11.0" on April 4 - 5 in 1977. Incredibly, it was the 2nd largest snowstorm on record. The largest had been 29.0" on March 1 -2 1888. There have been numerous roof collapses in the Green Bay Area. Green Bay has had 36.7" of snow in just April alone. The previous snowiest April was just 15.1" in 1907.

The first half of April has been up to 16F below normal for the Midwest:

NWS Des Moines reports that temperatures for the April 1 - 15 period have been 11.5 - 16.0F below normal, and the coldest since 1881:

Estherville, Mason City, Waterloo, Ottumwa and Lamoni currently 
rank as the coldest start to April on record /April 1-15/. Des 
Moines is currently 2nd coldest, behind 1881, as it is the only of
the sites with records dating back that far.