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*** This makes the storm the biggest on record in April there, topping 17.8 inches in 2013 and 17.3 inches in 1997. Records for Bismarck date back to 1886.

A historic spring snowstorm has ended across the northern Plains after dumping as much as four feet of snow in Montana and up to three feet in North Dakota.

Bismarck, N.D., recorded 18.3 inches, making it the largest snowstorm on record in April there. Across western N.D., numerous locations picked up 20 to 30-plus inches of snow, and snow drifts — towering heaps of wind-sculpted snow — topping six feet.

Blizzard warnings that were up for more than two days across most of North Dakota, as well as portions of Montana and South Dakota, were allowed to expire Thursday night. Wind gusts as high as 63 mph were recorded, leading to impossible travel during the storm. Blowing snow and extremely low visibility have been common.

The prairies of Manitoba in southern Canada were also impacted, with Winnipeg seeing blizzard conditions at times.

TOPSHOT - A person walks on a sidewalk in downtown Winnipeg amid heavy snowfall and strong winds on April 13, 2022 in Canada.

The same sprawling storm that caused tornadoes in the Midwest and Plains, as well as additional severe weather across the south Wednesday, led to the blizzard across the northern tier of the country.

Known in the meteorological world as a Colorado Low, the surface low-pressure center tracked from the High Plains of Colorado on Tuesday, across Nebraska and into Minnesota on Wednesday, where it stalled for a time. As of Friday morning, the storm was weakening and moving northeast to the south of Hudson Bay.

On the northwest side of the storm system, temperatures were in the teens and 20s during the day as snow fell. Readings some 20 to 30 degrees below normal fostered the major spring snowstorm.

The aftermath and an early look at records

At least 18.3 inches of snow officially fell in the city through Thursday night. This makes the storm the biggest on record in April there, topping 17.8 inches in 2013 and 17.3 inches in 1997. Records for Bismarck date back to 1886.

The 19.4 inches in Bismarck this month, including 1.1 inches that fell on the 3rd, is now also the second most on record for any April. April 2013′s tally of 21.8 inches may still be in reach there, as additional snowfall is expected this weekend.

Around Minot, in northwestern parts of the state, several reports of 30 inches or more have arrived. As much as 36 inches was measured a few miles northwest of the city, an unofficial record for April there. The Weather Service noted inherent difficulties in measuring snow as winds gust to 60 mph, but also indicated there was considerable proof the number was valid.