The last snow piles (Minneapolis, Falcon Heights: high school, university, mall)

[embedded_engineer]

I was at TIES in Falcon Heights yesterday, and I saw a snow pile in a corner of the parking lot. I'm amazed that there can still be snow piles left this late in the spring. I was also amazed to read that April 1984 ENDED with a major snowstorm. Then again, I grew up down south - the Chicago area.

What's the latest date at which you've seen a snow pile here in Minnesota? Have there ever been snow piles in the middle of May? Memorial Day? In June?

[moving123456]

I think I have seen one in the Ridgedale Mall parking lot last until early June at least once before.

[embedded_engineer]

Wow, in June? That's a summer month. I can't believe that a snow pile can survive 80-degree days.

[moving123456]

There might not have been any 80 degree days before June that year. I think the layer of dirt and other stuff that forms on top as it melts helps insulate the snow underneath from the heat.

[golfgal]

I would have to say mid-May only because I know we have had snowstorms in May. When I was in high school we had 8" or so during the first week in May, but by the weekend it was all melted. That year though, leaves were on the trees by now-looking back at prom pictures from then. I don't remember it being THIS COLD all the time though. Usually we would have seasonably warm temps and then a day or two of cold weather, then back to the warmer temps. This year it is the complete opposite of that.

[moving123456]

Originally Posted by golfgal

I would have to say mid-May only because I know we have had snowstorms in May. When I was in high school we had 8" or so during the first week in May, but by the weekend it was all melted. That year though, leaves were on the trees by now-looking back at prom pictures from then. I don't remember it being THIS COLD all the time though. Usually we would have seasonably warm temps and then a day or two of cold weather, then back to the warmer temps. This year it is the complete opposite of that.

I took this picture on April 30th last year. The same trees are completely bare still this year.

[golfgal]

Originally Posted by moving123456

I took this picture on April 30th last year. The same trees are completely bare still this year.

I have looked back at photos from golf last year and it is amazing how different things were last year. Now, last year was unusual to the OPPOSITE extreme too. Our trees have green on the ends of the branches now, barely.

[audadvnc]

In Minneapolis, the Mayday parade and festival is always held on the first Sunday of May. About half the parades I've seen have been in seasons where the trees were fully leafed out and the weather was warm to hot. Last year I believe we had blooming lilacs by then. This spring is slow and cold, but I've seen several others run this late.

[knke0204]

Originally Posted by golfgal

I have looked back at photos from golf last year and it is amazing how different things were last year. Now, last year was unusual to the OPPOSITE extreme too. Our trees have green on the ends of the branches now, barely.

I was just thinking about that! I'm glad you posted this!

I have photos from end of April last year too and the trees had leaves! I was thinking I was crazy!

CAN SOMEBODY GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT AS TO WHY THIS SPRING IS SUCH DEATH?

to the OP: There is a grocery store in town that still has about a 10 foot tall pile.

[IrvingDupont]

There's still a good 4 foot pile of snow next to the Oak St parking ramp at the University of Minnesota.