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April 4, 2003 Snow Totals
 

A cold front moved across the upper Midwest on April 1st and brought a return to below normal temperatures to the region. By the 3rd, the front had become stationary across northern Illinois and central Iowa. Temperatures behind the front had fallen into the 30s and 40s. Two areas of low pressure moved out of Nebraska and Kansas and along the front during the 4th. Temperatures above the surface were still above freezing in some locations, so the first area of low pressure caused a wide variety of precipitation types to form. Snow, sleet and freezing drizzle were all reported. By the time the second low moved by the area, temperatures had cooled enough for snow to be the dominant precipitation type. Snowfall totals ranged from around an inch across northeast Iowa, southern Minnesota and southwest Wisconsin, up to 6 inches in central Wisconsin. Goodrich, Wisconsin in southeast Taylor county had the highest total with 6.5 inches.


Snow totals for April 4.

Snow totals for April 4.

LOCATION

COUNTY

SNOWFALL

...IOWA...    
CHARLES CITY FLOYD 1.7
DECORAH WINNESHIEK 1.0
DORCHESTER ALLAMAKEE 1.5
ELMA HOWARD 1.0
FAYETTE FAYETTE 1.0
IONIA CHICKASAW 1.2
LANSING ALLAMAKEE 2.3
NEW HAMPTON CHICKASAW 1.5
OELWEIN FAYETTE 1.3
WEST UNION FAYETTE 2.0
      
...MINNESOTA...    
BYRON OLMSTED 2.4
CALEDONIA HOUSTON 2.0
GRAND MEADOW MOWER 1.5
LANESBORO FILLMORE 1.6
MANTORVILLE DODGE 2.4
PRESTON FILLMORE 1.7
THEILMAN WABASHA 3.0
WABASHA WABASHA 2.3
      
...WISCONSIN...    
BLACK RIVER FALLS JACKSON 2.3
ETTRICK TREMPEALEAU 2.0
FOUR CORNERS MONROE 3.3
FRIENDSHIP ADAMS 3.6
GAD TAYLOR 5.0
GOODRICH TAYLOR 6.5
HATFIELD JACKSON 4.0
HILLSBORO VERNON 2.0
HIXTON JACKSON 3.0
LA CROSSE LA CROSSE 1.9
LUBLIN TAYLOR 2.0
MATHER MONROE 3.0
MONDOVI 6S BUFFALO 2.0
NECEDAH 2S JUNEAU 3.0
NEILLSVILLE CLARK 4.0
ONTARIO VERNON 2.0
OWEN CLARK 3.5
RICHLAND CENTER RICHLAND 1.5
SPARTA MONROE 1.5
STUEBEN CRAWFORD 1.6
TAYLOR JACKSON 1.0
WESTBY VERNON 1.5
WEST SALEM LA CROSSE 1.4