Last reminder of April blizzard remains in Appleton parking ramp

APPLETON - Yes, it may be hard to find, and, yes, it's dirty enough that it sort of resembles cookies-and-cream ice cream at a distance. But Appleton still has snow in June.

After their secret was revealed Tuesday, the City of Appleton tweeted an image showing one of the spots where snow was moved after the mid-April blizzard dropped more than 21 inches of snow on city streets.

The remaining snowbank, located downtown in the yellow parking ramp on North Morrison Street, still held between 12 to 15 inches of snow when checked by a USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin reporter Wednesday morning.

The snowbank survived last week's temperatures that climbed into the 90s.

Last month, Carrie Minges, Appleton department of public works office manager, announced the storm's cleanup cost the city $350,000. An average storm in Appleton in 2017 cost between $119,000 and $125,000.

These cleanup costs included the moving of snowbanks piled high next to intersections days after the storm.

Deputy Public Works Director Nate Loper said after the storm they had a variety of machines out cleaning up. These were road graders, large snow blowers attached to front-end loaders and dump trucks.

"The snow is pulled off of the large snowbanks and blown into the back of large dump trucks and hauled away."

"We did this to snowbanks near main roads, side roads, school crossings and alleys," Loper said.