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Pacific Storm Impacts the West Through Friday; Series of Storms to Impact the Central and Eastern U.S. into Next Week

A Pacific storm will continue to bring strong winds, heavy rain with a risk for flooding to northern and central California, and heavy mountain snow in the Sierras, southern Cascades, and northern Rockies through Friday. A series of winter storms will impact the Central and Eastern U.S. through next week with locally heavy rain, and a combination of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Read More >

Easter is a unique holiday meteorologically due to its wide array of dates across March and April. As a result, record high and low temperatures show a large range, extending from the 80s and 90s to the single digits above and below zero. Easters can also be especially wet or snowy, the latter of which was the case during Easter 2020. Below is a listing of the climate records on Easter Day for Rapid City, Gillette, Lead, Winner, Lemmon, Sundance, Spearfish, Newcastle, Hot Springs, and Custer, as well as the weather in downtown Rapid City and Gillette for the past 10 Easters. 

The last five Easters have alternated between relatively warm and cool years, with highs in the 20s in 2020, 70s in 2021, 40s in 2022, 60s in 2023, and 30s with snow in 2024. Will the trend continue in 2025?