How Much/Often Does It Snow In April
| Although the saying goes "April showers bring May flowers", across western and north central Nebraska sometimes those April showers that bring May flowers fall as heavy wet snow. And sometimes that heavy wet snow piles up into several inches. Below are some statistics for April snow storms reported at North Platte and Valentine. (snowfall records 1900 to 2007) |
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(*Two Calendar Day - both days recorded at least a trace of snowfall)
| North Platte Snowfall Days During the Month of April |
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| Year | Days with Snow |
| Average | 3.9 |
| Max | 9 - 3 times 1994,1984,1957 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2001 | 4 |
| 2000 | 5 |
| 1999 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 |
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(*Two Calendar Day - both days recorded at least a trace of snowfall)
| Valentine Snowfall Days During the Month of April |
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| Year | Days with Snow |
| Average | 4.9 |
| Max | 13 - 1950 12 - 2 times 1956,1920 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2002 | 6 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2000 | 8 |
| 1999 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 |
