Record cold and snowfall hit many parts of North America over the
Easter weekend, continuing what has so far been a largely Arctic
April.
Records
were toppled across many U.S. states, with Montana, Iowa, South Dakota, and
Colorado seemingly worst hit.
A winter storm system moved through Iowa on Sunday
delivering between three inches and a foot to the majority of locations —
several northern Iowa towns saw all-time records tumble:
The
3.7 inches that fell at Sioux
Gateway Airport broke the record for April 12th; it also
made it the second-highest Easter snowfall ever behind the 4.7 inches during
Easter 1929.
The
town of Ringsted in
Emmet County (also Iowa) came in with a record-busting 11 inches.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), other Eastern
snowfall records tumbled in Rock
Valley (7 inches), Hull (6.5 inches), and Rock Rapids (8.3
inches).
Nearby Sioux Falls, South Dakota saw
a whopping 5.2 inches on Monday, the
most snowfall on any date in the city going back to 1893.
Make it stop!
Heavy snow now falling in Sioux Falls! pic.twitter.com/Xl0MGsd4j1
— Matthew Dux (@MatthewDux) April 12, 2020
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