Rockies Can Expect More Snow Today

Two winter storms blanketed parts of the northern U.S. with snow and ice for Easter Weekend.

Fortunately, neither of these back-to-back winter storms came anywhere close to the ferocity of last month's record-setting blizzard.

These storms were named Winter Storm Joselie and Winter Storm Kadence by the Weather Channel.

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Storm 1: Winter Storm Joseline

Snowfall began across the Northern US Thursday, April 2, as Joseline began to ramp up in intensity. The storm blanketed parts of the Dakotas and northern Minnesota with up to 8 inches of snow. It also left one half-inch of accumulated ice in parts of northern Wisconsin and northern Michigan, which, combined with strong winds, knocked out power to over 50,000 customers.

Most of Joseline's snow and ice pushed into eastern Canada by midday April 3.

Winter Storm Kadence

Right on the heels of Joseline was Kadence, which brought another round of snow and ice to many of the same areas.

The storm moved through the Rockies on April 3, bringing heavy snowfall across the Northern Rockies. Totals across the region exceeded two feet, a welcome change from a rather snowless winter.

By April 4, parts of the Northern Plains saw over a foot of snowfall. The highest there is a total of 16 inches at Celeveland, North Dakota.

An ice acculation of over three-tenths of an inch was reported in Spooner, Wisconsin, while a report of 0.25 inches was reported in Wausau, Wisconsin.

April Snow

You might be wondering how weird snow as late as April is.

The short answer is, "it's typical."

As you can see in the map below, the season's last snow typically happens in April across most of the northern tier, from northern New England to the Northern Plains.

In parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the Rockies, snow usually still falls in May.

Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him on Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.