Record Cold and Snowfall for the Midwest

The first 18 days of April has set many temperature and snowfall records all across the midwest.

From April 4 to 14, cold temperatures set records from Montana to Michigan. Many cities in these states hit top 5 coldest temperatures in recorded history. Winter storm Xanto also brought many snowstorm records. Some cities set April records while others set all-time snowfall records.

Cities like Green Bay, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sioux City set all-time cold temperature records. Storm

Xanto brought many other cities, like Chicago, Omaha, and Kansas City, one of its top 5 coldest winter temperatures on record.

Many cities also set snow records. Green Bay picked up 24.2 inches, which is not only its heaviest April snowstorm, Xanto is its 2nd heaviest snowstorm in Green Bay history. Minneapolis, St. Paul, Sioux Falls, Green Bay, Wausau, and Alpena have had their snowiest April in history thanks to storm Xanto.

Storm Xanto was caused by a mid-to upper-level jet stream disturbance that crossed the Rockies bringing the cold air to the midwest.

According to a map created by climatologist Brian Brettschneider, some temperatures from storm Xanto were colder than those in Anchorage, Alaska. Some locations in the upper Midwest and far northern Maine were colder than Fairbanks, Alaska.

April Plowing- Plows clear snow from the Lambeau Field parking lot in Green Bay. Many spring projects like road maintenance had to be delayed due to the snow fall while plows cleared the roads

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