More snow has fallen in the Eau Claire area in April than any point since the late 1920s, according to the National Weather Service. Eau Claire has now totaled 18.6 inches of snow this month, moving it into third place for the snowiest April on record, the weather agency reports. The top two snowiest winters were 1928 (31.1 inches) and 1929 (19.4 inches), according to the agency’s records. On average, Eau Claire only gets 1.9 inches of snow in April. Last year the area received 0.8
Amid the snowflakes blowing straight sideways outside my home’s windows Saturday morning were winged black-and-orange creatures being buffeted about who must have wondered why they had decided to migrate north this spring. A flock of at least 50 robins had congregated in the trees and bushes in the yard of my Eau Claire home. An hour earlier, while clearing snow from my driveway, I had noticed a handful of the birds in the street nearby, not their normal gathering place. A short