Rare April Snowstorm Will Dump A Lot Of Snow On St. Cloud

Rare April Snowstorm Will Dump A Lot Of Snow On St. Cloud

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UNDATED - The National Weather Service says over a foot of snow is expected to fall on some parts of central and east central Minnesota today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday).

A Winter Storm Warning has been issued from 1:00 p.m. today through 7:00 p.m. tomorrow.

How unusual is it for us to see this big of a storm, this late in the season?  According to statistics from the St. Cloud State University meteorological department, it's very rare.  Only twice since record keeping began back in 1893 have we had a foot or more of snow in St. Cloud from one April storm - and they both happened in the same year 1893.  We had 36 inches of snow from April 19th through the 21st, 1893, and then another 12 inches of snow on April 26th, 1893.

Here's a chart of the all-time biggest snowfall events ever in St. Cloud:

Single Storm Snowfall

RankSnowfallDates
136.0 inchesApril 19-21, 1893
232.0 inchesMarch 31-April 1, 1896
321.7 inchesMarch 1-3, 1965
(14.5 inches on 3/1)
418.3 inchesFebruary 28-March 4, 1951
5 (tie) 17.7 inchesMarch 14-18, 1965
5 (tie)17.7 inchesMarch 3-4, 1985
716.8 inchesNovember 28- December 1, 1985
816.4 inchesJanuary 5-11, 1975
916.3 inchesNovember 11-12, 1940
1015.0 inchesNovember 16-17, 1911
1114.0 inchesMarch 16, 1917
1213.5 inchesFebruary 6-8, 1937
13 (tie) 13.3 inchesDecember 6-9, 1969
13 (tie) 13.3 inchesOctober 31-November 2, 1991
1513.1 inchesNovember 6-8, 1943
1612.7 inchesDecember 23-26, 2009
1712.1 inchesJanuary 20-25, 1982
18 (tie) 12.0 inchesApril 26, 1893
18 (tie) 12.0 inchesJanuary 3, 1897
18 (tie) 12.0 inchesMarch 11, 1897
18 (tie) 12.0 inchesMarch 5-6, 1908
18 (tie) 12.0 inchesNovember 14-15, 1927
18 (tie) 12.0 inchesMarch 13-16, 1943
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