A winter-like pattern will continue over much of the Lower 48 over the next few days, with snow stretching from the Rockies today into the Middle Mississippi Valley on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms will develop along the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Monday. As the storm moves northward late Monday into Tuesday, winter weather is possible from the Central Appalachians to Interior New England. Read More >
Overview
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An area of low pressure brought snow to central Indiana late on April 1. Some areas received around 6 inches of snow. The 2.1 inches of snow at Indianapolis set a record for the date. The snow was also the most ever recorded on an Easter Sunday. |
 Snow at the NWS Office the Morning of April 2 |
Snow/Ice
Below is a map of snowfall for the event. A text listing of reports received is below the map. Please note the map is a generalized depiction of snowfall and may not match the snowfall at your location.
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Indianapolis IN 1148 AM EDT Mon Apr 2 2018 ...Snowfall Reports from April 1 2018... Location Amount Time/Date Provider ...Indiana... ...Bartholomew County... Taylorsville 1.0 in 0430 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Columbus Wastewater Treatmen 0.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Boone County... 2 SW Sheridan 5.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 N Ulen 5.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 SW Thorntown 5.1 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Lebanon 4.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 1 E New Ross 3.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Brown County... 2 SE Beanblossom 1.1 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 6 W Nashville 0.8 in 1000 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Carroll County... Burlington 4.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Flora 4.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Clay County... 3 ENE Jasonville 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Clinton County... Rossville 6.0 in 1000 PM 04/01 Public 4 NNE Frankfort 6.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Daviess County... 1 NW Washington 0.3 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Decatur County... Millhousen 0.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 E Greensburg 0.1 in 1200 AM 04/02 COOP ...Delaware County... 1 N Ball State University 4.5 in 0800 AM 04/02 Public 1 NW Yorktown 3.8 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Muncie Waterworks 3.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 1 ESE Muncie 2.1 in 0524 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Greene County... Bloomfield Waterworks 0.3 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Hamilton County... 5 SW Tipton 4.5 in 0530 AM 04/02 COOP 1 NNE Carmel 3.4 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 NE Mccordsville 3.3 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 NNE Fishers 3.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 4 NW Lapel 3.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS White River North Purificati 2.7 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Hancock County... Greenfield 1.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Hendricks County... 4 S Brownsburg 2.7 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Jamestown 2.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 2 W Plainfield 2.0 in 0900 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Henry County... 3 W New Castle 2.8 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Spiceland 1.8 in 0500 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 ENE Lewisville 1.3 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Howard County... (k9vez)indian Heights 3.6 W 5.8 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS (kc9dhf)kokomo 4.4 E 5.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 ENE Indian Heights 5.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS (kc9iyd)kokomo 4.0 WNW 5.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Kokomo 5.0 in 1020 PM 04/01 Public ...Johnson County... 4 WSW Greenwood 2.0 in 0520 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Franklin 2e 1.9 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Knox County... Vincennes 4 E 0.6 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 5 NE Vincennes 0.1 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Lawrence County... Williams Dam 0.6 in 0700 AM 04/02 UCOOP 4 E Mitchell 0.5 in 0730 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Purdue Experiment Farm 0.2 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Madison County... 2 S Anderson 3.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Marion County... 4 S Zionsville 3.5 in 0900 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Castleton 2s 2.7 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP 2 S Castleton 2.6 in 1230 AM 04/02 Public 4 SW Zionsville 2.6 in 1243 AM 04/02 Public 2 WSW Speedway 2.3 in 0730 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Indianapolis WFO 2.1 in 1200 AM 04/02 COOP 4 NNE Camby 2.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 S Monument Circle 1.9 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 WSW Homecroft 1.5 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 5 S Speedway 1.4 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Meridian Hills 1.4 in 0530 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Martin County... Williams 0.6 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Monroe County... Ellettsville 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 NE Ellettsville 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Indiana University Power Pla 0.7 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Montgomery County... Crawfordsville 5s 4.6 in 0600 AM 04/02 COOP ...Morgan County... 8 E Cloverdale 3.3 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 ENE Mooresville 2.3 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Brooklyn 1.9 in 0835 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 3 E Paragon 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 2 SE Martinsville 1.0 in 0631 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Owen County... 7 S Spencer 1.1 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Spencer 1.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Putnam County... 3 ESE Greencastle 3.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 NE Greencastle 2.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Randolph County... Davis Purdue Agricultural Ce 4.0 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP Lynn 3.8 in 0750 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Ridgeville 3sse 3.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP ...Rush County... Rushville 3.0 in 0600 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Shelby County... 7 WSW Shelbyville 2.1 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Morristown 1.4 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP Sewage Plant 0.1 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP ...Sullivan County... At Shakamak S.p. 0.5 in 0850 AM 04/02 COOP ...Tippecanoe County... Lafayette 6.8 in 1058 PM 04/01 Public 2 NE Lafayette 6.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 1 SSW Purdue University 6.0 in 1050 PM 04/01 Public 2 S Lafayette 5.8 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 4 W West Lafayette 4.5 in 1106 AM 04/02 COCORAHS Hg Expl Farm 4.3 in 0800 AM 04/02 COOP 2 ESE Otterbein 1.7 in 0800 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Tipton County... (k9wkk)tipton 1.3 NW 5.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COCORAHS 4 W Atlanta 4.5 in 0530 AM 04/02 COCORAHS ...Vermillion County... 4 WNW Perrysville 3.0 in 0730 AM 04/02 COOP ...Warren County... Pence 4.0 in 0700 AM 04/02 COOP Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
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| Snow at the NWS Office the morning of April 2. |
Snow at the NWS Office the morning of April 2. |
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