Interesting that you post this. Our 18 year old niece, who lives in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, wrote my husband earlier about it being 25 degrees and blowing snow, producing blizzard conditions and a wind chill temp of 9. The gist of it was "It's freaking APRIL 15! Why is there a freaking blizzard outside. Where is spring?"
My guess is that she is counting the days until August, when she moves down here to attend the music school at Loyola Marymount. Southern California does not have extended winters like Minnesota.