Weather

Could it be that we are finally done with the cold season here in Minnesota? No, I’m not talking about the season when the vast majority of us get sick, but the season in which we see sub freezing temperatures.That’s right, the time of year when we typically stay above the freeze mark is fast approaching.

Piles of wind-swept, built-up ice are threatening Mille Lacs homes and businesses. 

It was a pretty typical cold season here in Minnesota. Well, as “typical” as it gets with some bitter cold snaps, several snow storms, and almost persistent snow and ice cover for much of the season. But, Minnesota is about the only state that had a somewhat “usual” winter season.

After one of the driest stretches to potentially round out a snow season on record in the Twin Cities, it finally happened; it snowed. A lot. It was actually one of the larger storms of the entire season recording 6.6” of fluff at MSP Airport. Because of this storm, and another inch or so in the following couple of days, we have now seen over 50” on the season and will be roughly 2 inches within average. But our snow also means that we have now seen a third consecutive April with above average snowfall. While not groundbreaking information itself, this may spell a much larger change in our overall snowfall distribution here in Minnesota.

As FOX 9 Chief Meteorologist Ian Leonard put it, "It is a lovely February day...on April 12." 

The Minnesota State Patrol responded to 140 crashes statewide Sunday during an Easter snowstorm.

Don't take our Easter snow storm at face value, as this will not be the "typical snow storm" that we are used to. This is April snow, so it's gonna be heavy, wet, & slushy and will pretty much be in some phase of melting the whole time it exists.