Snow records toppled in South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin

MINNEAPOLIS – Records fell as an April snowstorm blanketed the Upper Midwest.

The National Weather Service says the 14.9 inches (37.8 centimetres) at Minneapolis airport from Friday through Sunday set a record for the largest April snowstorm ever there. It’s also the snowiest April on record in the Twin Cities. And it’s the snowiest start to a calendar year there, with 70.3 inches (178.6 centimetres) since Jan. 1.

In South Dakota, Sioux Falls set records for a single day in April at 13.7 inches (34.8 centimetres) Saturday and a record April total of 24.9 inches (63.2 centimetres). Huron and Mitchell set two-day record totals for April of 15.5 (39.4 centimetres) and 16.2 inches (41.1 centimetres) respectively.

In Wisconsin, the storm ranks as the all-time second largest snowstorm in Green Bay at 23.5 inches (59.7 centimetres) and a record April total of more than 35 inches (89 centimetres) there.