The first week of spring brought a taste of winter to parts of the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest from two separate snowmakers.

Early-Week Snow Recap

The first system, an Alberta clipper, moved through the Midwest, southern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Sunday and Monday, spreading a swath of snow from Minnesota and Wisconsin through northern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and southwestern Pennsylvania before fizzling over the Appalachians.

Some locations picked up a foot or more of snow:

15 inches in Fennimore and Woodman, Wisconsin12 inches in Marquette and Waukon, Iowa11.5 inches near Zumbrota, Minnesota7.9 inches in Rochester, Minnesota5.8 inches at Chicago O'Hare Aiport4.5 inches near Radnor, Ohio3.6 inches at Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport3 inches at Madison - Dane County Regional Airport

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Upper Midwest Snowfall Deficit

Many of the locations that may see accumulating snow next week have been experiencing a snow drought so far this winter.

A snowfall deficit has been seen in many places in the northern Plains this winter while parts of the Northeast have been buried in snow. This is due to the persistent pattern of the jet stream this winter which kept the West dry and warmer than average while the East saw colder and snowier conditions.

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Snowfall Deficits

Snow does still fall in the spring in the northern Plains so the season is not over yet but through March 24 here are a few locations that are well below average for snowfall:

Fargo, North Dakota: 30 inches below averageDuluth, Minnesota: 30.8 inches below averageGrand Forks, North Dakota: 27.2 inches below averageMinneapolis, Minnesota: 19.5 inches below averageGreen Bay, Wisconsin: 17.2 inches below average

One of the side effects of the lack of snow is that parts of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest and now experiencing . Minneapolis had not received more than a trace of rain or snow from March 3 through March 21, until receiving 3.6 inches of snow from March 22-23.

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Snow covers Washington Ave. in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Saturday, March 21, 2015. (@guby_28/instagram)