Global Cooling Alert!
April in the U.S. was remarkably cold in the midst of global warming
It was the 13th-coldest April in the United States, where records date back to 1895. The Upper Midwest was particularly cold — Iowa and Wisconsin had their all-time coldest April while temperatures in surrounding states in the Central and Northeast U.S. were well-below average. From Minnesota to Mississippi, nine states had their coldest April overnight lows.
In Minnesota, ice-out came as late in the season as it ever has. Ice-out is when the ice has completely melted after winter. At Lake Minnetonka just west of Minneapolis, ice-out is usually in mid-April. This year, the lake wasn’t ice-free until May 5, which was 21 days later than normal.
Ice hasn’t lasted this far into spring on the 14,500-acre lake since 1857, the Star Tribune reported.
We were getting snow flurries in western PA until the end of April.