Stubborn Snowdepth: April 7, 2020

The beginning of April 2020 was chilly, and finally on April 7th we hit 4.9°C.

Before that the last "warm" day we'd had was back on March 27th at 10.1°C. Then March 28th was still been above freezing at 2.2°C, then we'd had 8 days below freezing, and then April 6th made it all the way to 0.4°C.

So April 7th's 4.9°C finally marked a return to typical temperatures, although it was still below the average of 8°C.

Early-April is typically peak-melting season, but the cool week put that on hold.

April 7th's 4.9°C dropped Blatchford's recorded snowdepth to 19cm, which was just a bit below 2018's 24cm.

But even with the warmish temperatures the International Airport's recorded snowdepth stayed at 39cm. That's the highest April 7th snowdepth since 1974, which was way up at 61cm. April 7th, 1980 was also close, at 37cm.

So as I'm typing this the melt for the winter of 2019-2020 hasn't really started yet. If you are looking at this in a few days or a few weeks this chart will show how everything played out.

In this chart you can scroll down through the history of spring melts. Our median snowdepth hits 0cm right around the beginning of April. And so some winters are earlier, like 2018-2019, 2016-2017, 2015-2016, 2014-2015, etc. And some are later, like 2012-2013, 2017-2018, and now 2019-2020.