Drought often ends with a flood and when cool Aprils end in the Dakotas and Minnesota it’s often with a sudden surge of spring. That’s certainly been the case and highly welcomed by all lively in a seemingly endless winter.
Just days ago it was this around Minneapolis…
Views in Fairmont this morning. #mnwx @Matt_Brickman pic.twitter.com/pSQI8l4vGY
— Fairmont MN Weather (@Fairmont_Wx_Obs) April 18, 2018
Now it’s all about this…
Expect to be catapulted into spring next week as winter finally loses its grip. Highs will be in the 50s and 60s. Maybe a few 70s here and there are possible too. #mnwx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/Ywl3F0n1RM
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) April 19, 2018
First 50F
We just hit 50° in the Twin Cities! First time since Nov 16th, 114 days ago. pic.twitter.com/E3wEZM57sm
— Matt Brickman (@Matt_Brickman) March 10, 2014
Then 60F
It took us 111 days but we finally had our first 60 °F day of the year in the Twin Cities! Just eight days short of the latest 60 °F day on record (April 29, 1873). Average date is March 23 #mnwx pic.twitter.com/cXnUzkIsCa
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) April 22, 2018
Then just two days later, first 70F
Minneapolis/St. Paul has made it to 70!! #mnwx pic.twitter.com/7TJE72xeMI
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) April 23, 2018
Most locations reached 70 degrees yesterday for the first time this year. This was also the first "above normal" day for April #mnwx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/YQkbTKP4n4
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) April 24, 2018
The warmth is finally melting snow and beginning to melt lake ice.
First lake ice out of the spring! Lake Pepin is the first lake in Minnesota to report ice out, about 3 week later than average. Latest info from MN DNR State Climatology Office: https://t.co/tQrewTvHn4 #mnwx pic.twitter.com/ZveKXHf2fo
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) April 20, 2018
FEATURED IMAGE CREDIT: John Autey / Pioneer Press
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