April Snowstorms Remind Us Who’s Still In Charge

This is what spring in April in Northern Minnesota looks like. The only difference between these storms and the ones we get in the winter is that there is more daylight to see it snow. Otherwise, some of our wettest, heaviest snow comes in April, and nobody wants it.

Spring officially begins with the vernal equinox in March, but we all know that our weather conditions don't care about something on the calendar. It may have been 60 degrees recently, but the fools' spring didn't stick around very long. We're already back into the 3rd winter.

The snowiest month on record in Duluth was in April 2013. I remember that year well. It was the first time we heard the term "Polar Vortex." Then we got dumped on in April, with 50.8" of snow in the month. That's even more snow than the infamous 1991 Blizzard.

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I vividly remember chunks of ice and huge snowbergs on Park Point in Duluth on Memorial Day, 2013. It was a tough spring. Lake Superior kept lakeside cities cooler for longer than average into the year.

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The good news or light at the end of the tunnel is that we will start seeing some warmer temperatures next week. Fingers crossed they will stick around. After the next batch of snow on Saturday, we'll start to see it melt on Sunday, and into next week, with highs by Wednesday reaching near 50 degrees. We'd welcome that.