Should Detroit get basically any accumulating snow, it would be historic. Looking back at the records, there has been only 6 instances of 0.5” of snow or more from April 27th to the end of the snow season. The highest was 6.0” on 5/9/1923, which is also the most recent occurrence of more than a tenth of an inch of snow in this timeframe. The rest of the dates are from 1912 or earlier. If Detroit gets just 0.2” or more, it would be the first time this has happened in almost 100 years on April 27th or later. The average last date of accumulating snow at Detroit is April 8th, with the latest date being 5/22/1883. The average last date of 1”+ at Detroit is March 24th, and the average last date of 3”+ is February 27th.
Top 5 1-day snowfalls at Detroit from April 27th to June 31st:
1) 6.0” on 5/9/1923
2) 3.0” on 4/29/1909
3) 2.7” on 5/22/1883
4) 2.3” on 5/21/1883
5) 1.5” on 5/13/1912