Its April 20th and we had snow showers earlier in the morning. I could hear the collective "Where is spring? Its not supposed to snow this late into April!" In most years, you and the rest of northern Ohio would be correct.
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| Cleveland Heights |
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| Chesterland |
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| South Euclid |
Here are the years and the days this has occurred. The first numbers are the temps leading up to the day of snow. Notice that this year is the first time we've had an 80+ day followed by measurable snow 36 hours AFTER the 80+ degree high.
2013 - 84, 71, 44 (0.1" - 20th)
2005 - 12.4" over 3 days (23-25th)
2004 - 70, 62, 49 (0.1" snow late on 27th)
1996 - 60, 73, 58 (0.1" overnight)1993 - 73, 40 (0.1" on 21st)
1978 - 50, 42 (0.2" on 21st)
1971 - 60, 52 (0.1" overnight on 21st)
1968 - 51, 29 (0.2" on 25th)
1967 - 49, 39 (0.1" on 24th)
1963 - 65, 59 (0.3" overnight on 30th)
1953 - 34, 57 over 2 days (1.6" & 0.1" on 20-21st)
1934 - 42 (0.7" on 21st)
1922 - 39 (0.2" on 21st)1920 - 59, 48 (0.1" on 28th)
1908 - 41 (1.4" on 30th)
1907 - 59, 42 (0.2" on 26th)
1906 - 41 (0.2" on 23rd)
1904 - 31 (0.3" on 20th)
1903 - 41 (0.1" on 22nd)
1901 - 35, 40 (2.8" & 1.8" on 20-21st)
Incidentally, how often have we seen measurable snowfall in May? 11 TIMES
1902 - 0.6" on 10th
1906 - 0.1" on 9th
1907 - 0.5" & 0.2" on 4th & 10th
1908 - 0.1" on 2nd
1909 - 0.1" & 0.3" on 1st & 2nd
1963 - 0.1" on 1st
1973 - 0.6" on 4th
1974 - 2.0" & 0.1" on 6th & 7th
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