Snow in April? How about May? It's happened before in southeast Michigan

Snow in April is no stranger to southeast Michigan, but a forecast like today’s, which calls for 2 to 4 inches, this late in the month is definitely not an every-year occurrence.

"From mid-April on, it is somewhat unusual," said Steve Considine, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in White Lake Township.

The last time the Ann Arbor area recorded snow after April 17 was 2005, when about 3 to 4 inches fell on April 24 and 25, Considine said.

But it’s not unheard of for southeast Michigan to get blanketed in snow as late as May.

“Detroit actually had a 6-inch snowfall May 9 in 1923,” Considine said, “and a 5-inch snowfall May 21 in 1883.”