This winter has been a doozy throughout the Empire State. Two feet of snow on a single day in Syracuse in December, a string of extreme cold temperatures throughout upstate New York and a bona fide blizzard that brought Long Island, New York City and its surrounding communities to its knees in February.

Capital Weather Gang’s annual snowfall forecast contest saw two readers correctly predict the exact amount.

Easter is on Sunday, April 5, and even though the holiday is about the resurrection and rebirth, for millions of Americans, it’s shaping up to be about cold weather.

TUESDAY - NEXT WEEKEND: Tuesday morning starts cold in the teens before warming into the 30s with a blustery wind. Wind continues Wednesday with warmer afternoon temps in the 40s and low 50s. Back into the upper 30s and low 40s the rest of the week. A couple of disturbances may bring light rain and mix chances through the week.

Pine County, on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border north of the Twin Cities, is also in the winter storm warning due to the threat from ice accumulation, with 1-3 inches of snow set to be joined by up to 0.25 inches of ice.

A second strong winter system is set to bring heavy snow and significant ice to parts of Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin from Friday afternoon through Saturday night.

Michigan residents may be wondering when snow will stop falling. Here are the average last snowfall dates for cites statewide. See list.