From record-breaking snow, cold and rainfall to a tornado extreme that may surprise you, April 2013 has been packed full of wild weather. Let's begin our exploration of these extremes starting with where snowfall has broken records thanks to four named winter storms this month, Walda, Xerxes, Yogi and Zeus.

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Rapid City, S.D. - April 2013 is the snowiest month on record with 39.5 inches. This beats the previous April and all-time monthly snow record of 38.5 inches set in April 1927.
Duluth, Minn. - April 2013 is the snowiest month on record with 50.8 inches. This breaks the previous all-time monthly snow record of 50.1 inches set in November 1991. April's snow total is more than Duluth saw all of last winter!
Bismarck, N.D. - Snowiest April on record with 21.8 inches, mostly from Winter Storm Xerxes. This beats the previous April snow record of 18.7 inches set in April 1984.
Pierre, S.D. - Snowiest April on record with 20.8 inches. Previous record was 17.5 inches set in April 1986.
From record snow we switch gears to look at some places where we've seen record-breaking rainfall.