Hot in Parts of the West; Cold Blast Coming to the Central U.S.

Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place much of this week across parts of California and the interior Northwest U.S. A blast of cold air will drop across the central and eastern U.S. later this week bringing below to well below normal temperatures. Read More >

The streak for number days in a row with at least 1 inch of snow on the ground at 6 AM CST/7 AM CDT ended at MSP on March 25. The streak began November 30 after the first major snowstorm of the season. A lack of prolonged warm air through winter and frequent snowstorms kept the streak going through late March. The 116 days ranks 9th longest such streak on record.

**Top 15 longest streaks with a snow depth of at least an inch since 1899**
Rank	Run Length (Days)	Ending Date
1	136	04-10-1965
2	134	04-04-1951
3	130	03-28-1982
4	126	03-22-1979
5	123	03-24-1986
6	122	03-21-1997
7	119	04-04-2001
8	117	03-18-1972
9	116	03-25-2023
10	115	03-21-1956
11	114	03-18-1953
12	113	03-26-2014
13	112	03-30-1962
14	109	03-25-1970 03-13-1943 03-14-1920
15	107	03-17-2011 03-27-1971

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Hot in Parts of the West; Cold Blast Coming to the Central U.S.

Streak of days with at least 1 inch snow depth ends at MSP