Easter Sunday Snow and Sleet Event

Overview

The largest winter weather event of the "winter" season occurred on Easter Sunday, April 1st, 2018. The primary band of snow developed across northern Missouri and extended into west central Illinois during the late morning and afternoon hours. Here 3 to 6 inches of snow was observed. Further south along the I-70 corridor the precipitation was a mix of rain, sleet, snow and graupel. Winter precipitation totals here ranged from a trace to 2 inches.

Fun Facts:

St. Louis

This was the first snow measured on Easter Sunday in St. Louis, since March, 24, 1940 when 0.3" was recorded.
The 0.6" of snow observed was a new record for daily snowfall on April 1st.
The 0.6" of snow came up short of the record snowfall on Easter which still stands at 1.0" on 4/8/1917.

Columbia

This was the first snow measured on Easter Sunday in Columbia, since April 2nd, 1961 when 0.7" was recorded.
The 0.3" of snow came up well short of the record snowfall on Easter which still stands at 4.6" on 4/4/1920.
A record low temperature of 23 degrees was tied at Columbia on April 2nd. The previous date of the record is 1992.

Quincy

The maximum temperature on Easter 2018 of 29 degrees was the coldest high temperature ever observed on the date and the month of April. The previous daily low maximum record for the date of April 1st was 34 degrees in 1926 and the previous coldest high temperature for April was 31 degrees set April 6th-8th, 1982!
The minimum temperature on 4/1/2018 of 19 degrees set a new record for the date. The previous record low temperature was 21 set in 1924.
The minimum temperature on 4/2/2018 of 9 degrees set a new record for the date and the month of April. The previous daily record was 22 degrees set in 2013, while the previous coldest April temperature was 15 degrees set on April 5th, 1929.

Map of storm total snowfall plotted. Includes line delineating between all snow and a sleet snow mix.

Snow/Ice

Easter Sunday Snow and Sleet

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
853 AM CDT Mon Apr 2 2018

...Snowfall Reports...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Lat/Lon              
Steffenville                 6.6 in    0700 AM 04/02   39.97N/91.88W        
Mount Sterling               6.3 in    1101 PM 04/01   39.99N/90.76W        
Canton                       6.0 in    0600 AM 04/02   40.13N/91.52W        
Edina                        4.9 in    0700 AM 04/02   40.17N/92.17W        
Palmyra                      4.5 in    0910 PM 04/01   39.80N/91.52W        
Versailles                   4.0 in    1102 PM 04/01   39.89N/90.66W        
Saverton                     3.5 in    0600 AM 04/02   39.65N/91.27W        
1 NNW Irving                 3.0 in    0905 PM 04/01   39.22N/89.41W        
Ramsey                       2.8 in    0700 AM 04/02   39.15N/89.11W        
Hillsboro                    2.1 in    0800 AM 04/02   39.17N/89.48W        
3 NW New London              2.0 in    0800 AM 04/02   39.62N/91.43W        
Jerseyville                  2.0 in    0700 AM 04/02   39.12N/90.33W        
Winfield                     2.0 in    0500 AM 04/02   39.00N/90.74W        
Carlinville                  1.5 in    1012 PM 04/01   39.28N/89.88W        
1 W Columbia                 0.9 in    1035 PM 04/01   38.96N/92.35W        
Fosterburg                   0.8 in    0912 PM 04/01   38.97N/90.08W        
1 S O'Fallon                 0.8 in    0903 PM 04/01   38.77N/90.71W        
2 WNW Coalton                0.5 in    1004 PM 04/01   39.30N/89.34W        
Aviston                      0.2 in    1100 PM 04/01   38.61N/89.61W        

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers 
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.

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