Snow in April? It's possible

After record breaking warmth in March who wants to think about snow, right?  Even though we're halfway through April and the likelihood of getting snow this late in the season decreases, it's still possible.  The reason why I bring this up is because earlier in the week the GFS weather model was showing some accumulating snow during the Thursday night/Friday time frame.  Does it still show that?  No...but I was curious to see just how often it does in fact snow in April and what the greatest snowfall amount was.

The April average monthly snowfall is just a little under an inch and it turns out that there have been quite a few years in the past that have actually had accumulating snow.  Many of those years recorded between a trace to just a couple inches, but there have also been several years where three, four, even five inches have fallen.  Turns out the greatest amount of snow that fell during the month of April was 9.0" back in 1935-1936!  Amazing!  Last year and the year before we only recorded a trace, so hardly anything.  Will there be any snow this April?  Probably not!  Temperature and precipitation outlooks through the end of the month show above average temperatures and very dry conditions across the Midwest.