Snow in April in Kansas? Snow!
Yes, a day after a strong line of thunderstorms moved through, it was snowing. Kingman ended up going from 80s to snow as temperatures reached into the 80s
Saturday and then Sunday evening it was snowing. This
year Kingman has had a lot of snow. Kansan’s weather is “Bipolar." Because of all the snow, schools
have been canceled a lot more than normal. At least five April calendar
days have tallied over a foot of snow, dating to 1874. Some cities in
the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast pick up April, even May snowfall,
in some years. The Black
Hills of South Dakota are known for piling up several feet of snow in spring blizzards. The May 2008 blizzard dumped up to four feet of
snow there. The rest of this week has some more weather drama to play
out. It will warm back up Wednesday
before another cold blast and a storm approaches the area Wednesday night and
Thursday.
By Britney Brooner
