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Related: About this forumWhat's the idea of having the driest winter and then snow on the Spring Equinox?
Having 68 degree last week and now back to normal?
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What's the idea of having the driest winter and then snow on the Spring Equinox? (Original Post)
question everything
Mar 21
OP
Snow after the spring equniox is easier to cope with after the winter we've had
dflprincess
Mar 21
#3
April's Fools Day 2023 - 12" of snow. The most for that heavy snow season.
question everything
Mar 21
#6
Think. Again.
(8,187 posts)1. Gee, maybe spewing millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere was wrong?
Wish we knew this 50 years ago, oh wait... We did.
Ocelot II
(115,733 posts)2. Really. Who does that?
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)3. Snow after the spring equniox is easier to cope with after the winter we've had
and at least we know it won't stay around long.
WestMichRad
(1,326 posts)4. Recall that several years ago...
MN endured a few BIG snow dumps in April.
This is weather that has happened many times before in the region.
question everything
(47,486 posts)6. April's Fools Day 2023 - 12" of snow. The most for that heavy snow season.
sarisataka
(18,663 posts)5. Welcome to Minnesota weather
If there's one thing we know, normal is the only thing we won't see...
I recall in the late 80's walking across a frozen lake in March. Not at all unusual except my friends and I wore shorts because it was near 90 degrees.
KatK
(185 posts)7. We sure need the moisture!!! n/t
Love it or hate it we need it.
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)8. I remember MSP being closed for a while on April 15th because of a 10 inch snow fall.
It was sometime in the early 70's, I think.
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)10. I remember a huge storm around the 13th or 14th of April one year
so bad that the USPS stopped delivery and the IRS gave people in Minnesota & the Dakotas an extra day to file their taxes