Although we seldom have the deep and persistent snowfields needed to support watermelon
snow in the spring, I did note it a couple of
springs ago in persistent snowdrifts in and near tree shelterbelts in the high plains of northwest
Kansas. One must be cautious of red snow in this area, however, because we occasionally
get fresh red snow due to soil from dust storms in the Permian “redbeds” in the southern
plains.