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La Crosse sets all-time record for snow in April

Published

7 years ago

April 19, 2018

Brad Williams

It looks like La Crosse has broken a weather record that stood for almost 50 years.

Wednesday’s snowstorm has made this the snowiest April on record in the city’s history.

With several parts of La Crosse reporting 5-7 inches of new snow Wednesday — on top of 13 inches for the month through Tuesday — that would easily break the old mark of 17 inches resulting from a two-day blizzard in April of 1973.

That also would make April the snowiest month of this winter, beating the 10.8 inches recorded in La Crosse in January.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.