At a Glance

Winter Storm Xanto brought record April snowfall to the upper Midwest and Great Lakes.Snow piles and drifts were taller than people and entry doors in some locations.The highest snowfall total from Xanto was33inches in Amherst, Wisconsin.

Winter Storm Xanto was a historic mid-April storm that dumped record snowfallon parts of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes late last week through the weekend.

More than 30 inches of snow piled up in some locations, and the snow piles and drifts left behind made for incredible sights – especially for the second month of spring.

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At theMarinette-Menominee YMCAin the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, snow was Monday. Between April 13 and 16, Menominee officially recorded a storm total of 24.5 inches, the in the city.

The National Weather Service office in Marquette, Michigan, picked up 25.9 inches of snow over those same four days. On April 15 alone, 15.8 inches fell – the for the month of April.

Marquette's snow depth was a whopping 36 inches – yes, 3 feet – Tuesday morning following Winter Storm Xanto. That was the for this late in the season. In fact, it was its highest snow depth of the entire 2017-18season.

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In north-central Wisconsin, the snow was piled so high that it in Wittenberg.

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Farther east in the Badger State, a similar scene was captured north of Green Bay inOconto Falls. These folks probably wish they had a snowblower.

Xantoalso brought heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions to the northern Plains,resulting insnow drifts several feet high and multiple highway closures, including Interstate 80 in portions of Nebraska.

The NWS office in North Platte, Nebraska,issued its first blizzard warning in the month of April since 2011. Numerous photos from the storm were , along with additional impacts observed in its forecast area.

Winter Storm Xantoofficially brought 15.8 inches of snow to Minneapolis/St.Paul April 13 to 16, making it the Twin Cities'.

What's more, it was also the 12th-heaviestsnowstorm.

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Green Bay, Wisconsin, picked up an astonishing 24.2 inches of snow from XantoApril 13 to 16, ranking not only as the city's heaviest April snowstorm, but also the. Blizzard conditions were observed in Green Bay from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT on April 15.

The highest snowfall total was. Drifts 5 to 6 feet high were also reported in that location.

Brian Donegan is a meteorologist at weather.com. Follow him on,and .