david allio

Climate Change North Dakota – Americana Collection

Based on 30-year norms, Tioga, North Dakota, receives 28 inches of snow between Jan 1 and April 15 with an annual average snowfall of 47 inches. Usually, three inches of frozen white flakes fall in a single 24-hour period each April. With regional temperatures normally below freezing, snow is slow to melt. Just ten years ago, annual snowfall was 500x greater than now.¹ With climate change this year, mid-April daytime high temperatures were in the 60s and nighttime lows were near or above freezing, snow was absent from the dusty prairie landscape.