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I experienced my first winter in MN this 2017-2018 season and while the winter itself (Dec-Feb) wasn't anything crazy, April was nuts with so much snow. However it melted pretty quickly while spring was here, because the stronger sun. Latest I saw a snow pile was this huge one on my school campus that lasted til the beginning of May, but by then it was only a little left. That pile was massive in the winter. Aside from December, it has been a snowy season. Though I'm sure in some years they might linger longer, I think past early May would be a rarity.
Latest I saw snow this year was very early May I was walking to Walgreens and saw a tiny pile of snow on the lawn of a house, in a very shaded area. Trees were leafing out and it was in the 70s. Really weird.
After that 100 on Memorial Day, there ain't no snow nowhere in the Twin Cities, I can tell you that lol.
The latest I've seen is around March 10-15, 2015 after the very cold and snowy spell in late February 2015. Snow also lasted for about three or four weeks in my middle school parking lot after the snow on January 30, 2010.
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We had bits of a pile last until around June 1st last year. It was a HUGE pile from the 40" blizzard in February.
We have them all over this year again. Weather dependent usually by Mid April-May they're gone but I've seen them vanish after 2 weeks of warmth. It's all about what the weather pattern does.
They actually move some snow to the parks to clear the roads and obstructed piles.
Keep hating Its better than the desert Southwest by a loooong shot.
That is your opinion. That's why people are different. I wouldn't live there even if they paid me. For comparison, I would be perfectly happy in Denver or Boise. They also get cold winters, but their climates are so superior.
Looks like it goes deep and protected from sun and around cold concrete so I can see why that spot is hard to melt.
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The latest I've seen is around March 10-15, 2015 after the very cold and snowy spell in late February 2015. Snow also lasted for about three or four weeks in my middle school parking lot after the snow on January 30, 2010..
You sure only mid March? I guess that's right for south more. It was Early April that year (and the latest for me to see) around here. That March was nuts.
FYI:: Latest snow pile doesn't include any April snowstorms we've had which we have. Talking about piles that lasted over from the winter.
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Ugh. This is why I post entire articles sometimes, I know some sites don't archive or end up changing links. Let me see if I can find contact them and find out.
Large snow piles 'lasting' into late spring has more to do with micro-climates created by structures, topographic features etc. and the physical properties of snow and ice than the harshness of the climate itself. If you have heavy snow late in the season, and the Upper Midwest did this year, those big chunks will simply take a long time to melt in places protected from direct sunlight and especially if there's other cooling influences.
Generally speaking, it seems that the more continental and dry a climate is the longer these piles last. In my experience, rain is the enemy of snow piles more so than warmth.
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Its better than the desert Southwest by a loooong shot.
