It's April 1st, and this is no joke: we are talking about a significant snowstorm impacting the Northland over the next 36 hours. However, this April has a long way to go if it wants to compete with a past record breaker.
A strong system will move through, bringing blizzard-like conditions to areas in northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and central, north-central, and west-central Wisconsin.
In Minnesota, there's rarely a smooth transition from one season to the next. Everyone here understands we always get 'fake spring' followed by 'winter 2.0' and then 'winter's last stand.'