Extreme Temperatures
The fast-moving, blustery storm wasn't expected to last long, but it was enough to require chain controls on some trans-Sierra highways and add to staggering snowfall totals left by an exceptional series of winter storms.
"A blast back to some wintry weather today with wind and snowfall," the Mammoth Mountain ski resort wrote on its web page. The early morning temperature was just 18 degrees (-8 Celsius).
The list is in ascending order based on total snowfall. All snow totals are from April 15, 2023, meaning they could still add to their already impressive records.
Eagle Point, UT - 367 inches
Cherry Peak, UT - 459 inches
China Peak, CA - 549 inches* (701 inches at summit)
Heavenly, CA - 566 inches

The 2016-2017 snowfall record was finally broken on April 18th, 2023, at Palisades Tahoe
With last night's snowfall of 10 inches, the previously held record of 707 inches of snowfall for the 2016-2017 season has been broken as Palisades Tahoe is now sitting at 710 inches of snow, which is 178% of its average season snowfall of 400 inches.
The latest system created a wide range of snow totals with southeastern Wisconsin seeing 1 to 3 inches and between 5 and 19 inches in the far western and north-central parts of the state.
The Town of Northfield in Jackson County reported 22 inches of new snow. Black River Falls, slightly southeast of Northfield, reported 19.5 inches as of 8:48 a.m.
Authorities were forced to close 15 road sections as snow and snowstorms grab Kazakhstan.
Over 500 units of equipment continue plowing the roads.
As earlier reported, the 0-11 grades of all secondary schools, students of the colleges of Astana switched to online learning today due to heavy snowfall.
The cold, snowy weather has led skiers and boarders in the mountains at present to compare mid-April to mid-Spring.
About 80% of ski areas in the Alps have already ended their 22-23 seasons however and more will close from Monday.
A mountain rescue team recovered on Friday the bodies of three Italian skiers, after they were caught the day before in an avalanche in the border area between France and Italy. while training to be Alpine guides.
The National Alpine Rescue Corps resumed their search for the missing men, having suspended it on Thursday due to poor weather conditions.
The bodies of the men were taken to Aosta for formal identification.

An April 11, 2023 avalanche near Stewart, B.C. has killed one heliskier and left three others injured, Last Frontier Heliskiing confirmed.
A group of five was touring around a remote mountain lodge about 150 kilometres north of Stewart when they were caught in the slide, Last Frontier Heliskiing said in a statement. Three of them were injured and one died.
BC Emergency Health Services said it responded with three ambulance crews to the area at 3:37 p.m. and took one person to hospital via air ambulance. It didn't comment on the condition of any of the other skiers.
Three Sherpa climbers were navigating the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest when a serac on the glacier above them collapsed. According to reports in The Himalayan Times and the website Everest Chronicle, the three Sherpas climbers were buried by the avalanche on Wednesday morning and were reported missing after a series of snowstorms in the region had created unstable snow conditions.
The following video shows the massive avalanche that occurred on Wednesday, which was shared by climber Lakpa T. Sherpa and uploaded to his Instagram account:
Photos from Mauna Kea's summit show a springtime dusting of snow.
And forecasters say flurries are possible through Thursday night. Some spots could see up to an inch of snow.
Mauna Kea Access Road is closed above the 9,200-foot elevation given the inclement weather.
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