5 Extremes of April 2013 [1]
Weather.com - 4/29/13, Chris Dolce
A large uprooted tree lies across the yard of a house across the street from McKennan Park in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Thursday, April 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)
From record-breaking snow, cold and rainfall to a tornado extreme that may surprise you, April 2013 has been packed full of wild weather. Let's begin our exploration of these extremes starting with where snowfall has broken records thanks to four named winter storms this month, Walda [2], Xerxes [3], Yogi [4] and Zeus [5].
Rapid City, S.D. - April 2013 is the snowiest month on record with 39.5 inches. This beats the previous April and all-time monthly snow record of 38.5 inches set in April 1927.
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