Hundreds of cold records shattered across North America along with record snowfall

Topples records more than 100 years old. Mainstream media barely mentions it.

Record cold and snowfall hit many parts of North America over the Easter weekend toppling records across many U.S. states, with Montana, Iowa, South Dakota, and Colorado seemingly worst hit.

A winter storm system moved through Iowa on Sunday delivering between up to a foot of snow — several northern Iowa towns saw their all-time records tumble:

The 3.7 inches reported at Sioux Gateway Airport broke the record for April 12th; it also made it the second highest Easter snowfall ever behind the 4.7 inches during Easter 1929.

The town of Ringsted, Iowa) came in with a record-busting 11 inches, reports whotv.com/news.

According to the National Weather Service (NWS), other Eastern snowfall records tumbled in Rock Valley (7 inches), Hull (6.5 inches), and Rock Rapids (8.3 inches).

Nearby Sioux Falls, South Dakota saw 5.2 inches on Monday, the most snowfall on any date in the city going back to 1893.

Denver’s Monday morning low temperature of 16F broke the city’s record for coldest April 13 ever, with snow expected throughout the week.

The cold record at Denver International Airport eclipsed the previous record of 17F set way back in 1933, the NWS confirmed in a Tweet:

The all-time record for ‘coldest high temperature’ also fell on Monday — the 27F set back in 1933 was ousted by a full two degrees:

The story was all-too similar in and around Rochester, MN.

It was an Easter snowstorm residents of southeast Minnesota will be talking about for some time, reads a krocnews.com article.

Rochester’s official total at the city airport was 7.5 inches. That pipped the previous record for April 12 –7.2 inches, 1962– and also made it the city’s 4th snowiest April day of all-time.

In Wyoming, Gillette observed a low of 4F on Monday morning, according to NWS meteorologist Matt Bunkers. That low smashed the previous all-time daily record low of 9F set in 1997, in books dating back 118 years, to 1902.

The NWS reported even heavier falls in Elgin (10.8 inches), Wabasha (10 inches), and the Oronoco area (9.7 inches).

Bunkers said dipping 5 degrees below a previous record, especially in the month of April, is “interesting to witness”. Looking forward, he added that winter will hold a tight grasp on the region throughout the week. Monday night’s low is projected to be 8F, with area thermometers not expected to top 40F until Saturday.

Tuesday’s all-time record low is 7F, set in 1986.

In addition, heavy snow was headed Gillette’s way over the Easter weekend, triggering a level 1 Snow Emergency:

North of the border, the city of Kamloops, BC, suffered -3.9C on Sunday morning , tying the coldest ever recorded temperature on April 12 set in 1971.