At a Glance

Winter Storm Xanto brought record April snowfall to the upper Midwest and Great Lakes in mid-April 2018.Xanto was the heaviest April snowstorm on record in Minneapolis/St. Paul.Xanto was the second-heaviest snowstorm of all-time in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Winter Storm Xanto (pronounced ZAN-toe) dumpedrecord snow for the month of April on parts of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes, including Minneapolis/St. Paul and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Here is a recap of this historic storm from mid-April 2018.

Record Snowstorm for April

Xantoofficially brought 15.8 inches of snow to Minneapolis/St.Paul April 13-16, making it the .

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

Winter Storm Xanto pushed Minneapolis/St. Paul to its snowiest April on record, with .

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

In north-central Wisconsin, 20.7 inches of snow piled up in Wausau, making Xanto the heaviest April snowstorm on record there, as well as the second-heaviest snowstorm of all-time.

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota, received 13.7 inches of snow from Xanto on April 14, making it the on record in the city. The total from the entire storm was14.3 inches.

The highest snowfall total was33inches in Amherst, Wisconsin. Drifts 5 to 6 feet high were also reported in that location.

Xanto Recap

Winter Storm Xanto dropped into the northwestern United States on April 11as a strong mid- to upper-level jet stream disturbance. This disturbance crossed the northern and central Rockies the following day before becoming a strong surface low-pressure system in Kansas and Nebraska on April13. The sluggish, strong low-pressure system continuedto batter the Great Lakes, Midwest and central Plains April 14-15.

Here are some of the top snow and ice reportsfrom Xanto by state.

Snowfall Reports

Colorado: 14.5 near Cedaredge, 10 inches near Berthoud Falls and Julesburg Illinois: 2.2 inches in Nora Iowa: 16 inches in Ruthven;6.5 inches in Sioux City Kansas: 5 inches in Bird City; 3.2 inches near Goodland Michigan:24.4 inches near Negaunee Minnesota:27.1 inches near Richfield; 15.8 inches at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport Montana: 25 inches near Bozeman; 14 inches in Grass Range Nebraska:14 inches in Newport and Mullen; 11 inches near Valentine New Hampshire: 2 inches in Berlin New York: 2 inches near Chazy North Dakota: 6 inches in Medora, Hirschville and Dunn Center South Dakota:20 inches near Okreek and Winner; 19inches in Huron;14.3 inches in Sioux Falls Utah:28 inches in the Alta Ski Area at the summit; 10 inches in Brighton and Alta Vermont: 2.5 inches near Milton; 1.1 inches (sleet) near South Burlington Wisconsin:33inches in Amherst; 24.2 inches in Green Bay; 20.7 inches in Wausau Wyoming:18 inches near Alta; 12 inches near Jackson and Afton

Ice/Freezing Rain Reports

Illinois: 3/16inchin Grayslake, Wauconda, Lindenhurstand Marengo Indiana: 3/16 inch near Salem Center Michigan: 5/8 inch near Midland Minnesota: 1/4 inch near Douglas New York:1 inch in Lowville; nearly 1/4 inch in Buffalo

West

April 11-13

Strong winds, some in excess of 70 mph, were seen from California to Utah and Wyoming as the jet stream disturbance dropped into the West. A dash of snow was seen in California's Sierra, but heavier snow fell in the Cascades and Utah's Wasatch.

Almost 10 inches of snow had accumulated near Great Falls, Montana, and 20 to 25 inches of snow was estimated in the Bridger Range north of Bozeman.

Plains/Midwest

April 13-14

Thundersnow and snowfall rates up to 3 inches per hour were reported in South Dakota and western Nebraska. Blizzard and near-blizzard conditions occurred in eastern Colorado, much of Nebraska, much of South Dakota and parts of southwestern Minnesota. Blizzard warnings were issued for parts of six states:South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska,Kansas, Iowa andMinnesota.

Several locations – including Imperial, Nebraska, near North Platte, Nebraska, Kit Carson, Colorado, and Goodland, Kansas –reported near-blizzard conditions in eastern Colorado, western Kansas, Nebraska, southern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa.

Most major interstates and roads in and western Nebraska were closed due to the conditions on April 13. Interstate 70 in eastern Colorado and Interstate 80 in were also closed.

Whiteout conditions and stranded motorists were reported early April 14 in northwestern Kansas.

Locations where blizzard conditions were verified include:

Burlington/Hale, Colorado (eastern Colorado) Valentine, Nebraska (northern Nebraska) Alliance, Nebraska (western Nebraska) Kearney, Nebraska (southern Nebraska) Winner, South Dakota (southern South Dakota) Mitchell, South Dakota, reported a thunder blizzard (southeastern South Dakota) Sioux Falls/Huron, South Dakota (southeastern South Dakota) Worthington, Minnesota (southwestern Minnesota) Storm Lake, Iowa (western Iowa) Green Bay, Wisconsin (northeastern Wisconsin) –April 15

Note that all of these locations recorded visibility of one-quartermile or less AND frequent wind gusts at or above 35 mph for at least three hours.

April 15

Buffalo, New York, saw ice accumulate more than two-tenths of an inch April 15. Up to an inch of ice was reported in Lowville, New York, in the foothills of the Tug Hill Plateau, where a tree was downed and blocking a roadway. Power lines were downed by icing in Monroe County, New York, which is where Rochester is located.

Strong onshore windscausedcoastal flooding on the western shore of Lake Erie in southeastern Michigan on the morning of April 15. A dozen homes were evacuated near Luna Pier, Michigan, according to the National Weather Service.