“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water,” said comedian and actor Carl Reiner. I am pro-snow, especially when I don’t have to drive across the Twin Cities during rush hour in a whiteout.
I hate to break it to you, but we are in the third quarter of Minnesota’s snow season. By this date, the Twin Cities has typically received about 63% of its annual average snowfall. Based on 30-year climate data, MSP should pick up another 18 to 19 inches by late April.
According to Dr. Mark Seeley’s Minnesota WeatherTalk newsletter, maximum February snowfall in the Twin Cities was 39 inches in 2019. He added that February is the snowiest month of winter once every eight or nine years. Feeling lucky? Me neither.
Any snowstorms in our immediate future? No. Maybe a slushy coating Thursday and a couple of inches in the middle of next week.
We top 40 degrees Monday with more 40s next weekend. I see a cool-down by late February but probably not polar vortex-worthy.
Whatever happened to “reliable snow” all winter, every winter?
