No snow has fallen on Fargo-Moorhead this month. Not even a flake. Our weather record dating back to 1881 indicates just four Aprils with no snow at all: 1891, 1895, 1915, and 1925. So barring a surprise snow in the next few days, this will be the first April in 85 years without so much as a snow flurry.
There have been a great many Aprils with just traces of snow, but it has been rare to go through the month with none at all. Average April snow is 2.3 inches. The record is 17.4 inches set in 1904, but we did get 16.9 inches of April snow just two years ago in 2008.
If we manage to get through the rest of April and May without any snow, this will become the only spring season (March through May) without measurable snow.
The least spring snow on record is 0.3 inch in 1891 and 1895. Average May snowfall is a trace, but as much as 5.1 inches was recorded in 1935.
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