By Joe D’Aleo, CCM

The last week have been well below normal, especially the north central. The last week anomalies are shown courtesy of weatherbell.com.

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The anomalies Tuesday were negative 30F in the south central and central plains in the latest outbreak. The month has been below normal to date.

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There were a large number of record lows (3750) the last week.

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And 7,479 for the month.

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It was unusually wet and snowy in these areas this month and last few months.


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Ahead of the snowstorms, moisture fed north and heavy rains fell. Chicago had the wettest April on record. Record flooding in occurring on area rivers.

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Record cold air plunged south into the plains behind the storms with 20s down to northern Texas.

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The snow remain deep in the north. Marquette has a snow depth of 30 inches with 5 to 12 inches of water in the snow in the UP. This will lead to flooding when melting there too and to the west on the Red River of the North begins this weekend.

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See the list of cold, snow and rain records this month.

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Here is the significant flood outlook.

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The year to date temperature anomalies show the cold in the US and from northern China and across northern Russia and Europe.

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Record cold in Fairbanks; it’s almost a certainty that this will be the first April since 1972 that the temperature at the Fairbanks airport won’t hit 50 degrees; thickest that Nenana ice has been this late in decades.

Interior shivers in record cold temps

Fairbanks FAIRBANKS - The winter that won’t end continued Sunday with record-low temperatures around the Interior.The low temperature at Fairbanks International Airport was 2 degrees above zero, which obliterated the old record of 8 above set in 1924. New records were set at Eagle (5 below), Eielson Air Force Base (1 above) and Delta Junction (3 above)....The temperature of 2 above Sunday was the third-lowest temperature this late in the spring at the airport, the weather service said. The last time it was colder than that in the spring was May 9, 1964, when the temperature at the airport was 1 below zero....Based on the forecast, which calls for highs in the mid 30s the next few days before warming into the 40s Thursday, it’s almost a certainty that this will be the first April since 1972 that the temperature at the Fairbanks airport won’t hit 50 degrees, Keller said.

In addition to the record cold Sunday morning, many places tied or broke records for the coldest high temperature on Saturday. The temperature failed to climb out of the 20s across much of the Interior. The high temperature of 29 degrees at the Fairbanks airport tied the coldest high temperature for that day, which was set in 1935....Through Saturday, this April is the third-coldest on record in more than 100 years in Fairbanks and there’s a chance it could end up the second-coldest before the end of the month. The average monthly temperature of 17.0 degrees through Saturday is 14.6 degrees below normal....The Tanana River ice in Nenana was still 51 inches thick Thursday when officials with the Nenana Ice Classic measured it. That’s the thickest the ice has been this late in decades.