It seems like forever that cold and record cold at that, has been mentioned. However, today is yet another and impressive it was. Lows fell to -7F at Land O’Lakes, WI. Widespread low teens along with single digits in pockets throughout the Dakotas and N Minnesota. It dropped to 18 at Minneapolis, tying a record for the date. The chill plunged all the way to Texas where it hit 35 in Dallas.
Current N America snow and ice cover!
Closer look at the US. 19% is impressive given that it’s April 15th.
Check out these temps from this morning. Parts of Canada woke to temps of -25.
Courtesy/Credit: Jesse Ferrell/WeatherMatrix
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Here are the records for cold this morning.
Source/Credit: coolwx.com
As well as temps dropping to freezing all the way to the Gulf Coast states this morning, snow reached Tennessee while sleet was reported as far south as Huntsville, Alabama.
Courtesy/Credit: Jesse Ferrell/WeatherMatrix
Chicago Hits 63F (Warmest On Record) Before Snowing Later On The Same Day!
Source/Credit: NWS
Not only did Chicago O’Hare’s official snow total top 1.4 inches yesterday, making it the latest inch or more since 1983 but the high of 63 is Chicago’s warmest ever for a day in which it snows!
- Chicago officially observed 1.4″ on April 14th, bringing the seasonal total to 82.0″. For more on this 3rd snowiest season on record, see here.
- This was the latest date with accumulating snow of one inch or more since 1983. For more on the late season records this event neared or broke, jump down further on this page.
- Rockford officially observed 0.3″ of snow on April 14th, bringing the season total to 56.9″ and pushing the season into top 5 snowiest. For more, see here.
- This was the latest accumulating snowfall in Rockford since April 17, 2001 (0.1″) and the most this late in the season since 0.5″ fell on April 30, 1994.
Late Season Snow Stats for Chicago
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 701 AM CDT TUE APR 15 2014 /801 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014/ ...LATE SEASON SNOWFALL IN CHICAGO... THE 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW OBSERVED ON APRIL 14TH AT CHICAGO EXTENDED THE IMPRESSIVE 2013-2014 SNOWFALL SEASON. HERE ARE SOME FACTS REGARDING THIS LATE SEASON SNOW: - THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 11 OTHER CALENDAR DAYS ON OR AFTER APRIL 14TH TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS APRIL 16 1983. THE LATEST IS MAY 3 1907. - THIS WAS ONLY THE 5TH TIME ON RECORD THAT CHICAGO HAD ONE INCH OF SNOW AFTER ALREADY REACHING 80 DEGREES...WHICH THE CITY HAD DONE ON APRIL 12TH. THE LAST TIME WAS 2003. - THE CALENDAR DAY HIGH ON APRIL 14TH WAS 63 DEGREES AT CHICAGO O`HARE. NEVER IN THE PERIOD OF RECORD FOR CHICAGO HAD THERE BEEN A DAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OVER 60 DEGREES THAT ALSO HAD AT LEAST ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW. - CHICAGO REPORTED ONE INCH OF SNOW DEPTH ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 15TH. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN FIVE OTHER YEARS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE INCH OF SNOW DEPTH ON OR AFTER APRIL 15TH. THE MOST RECENT WAS APRIL 18 2011.
Latest CFSv2 temps across the US next 4 weeks. Western warmth spreads eastwards next week!!
Will have video and full pattern update tomorrow…
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