--- title: Sometimes It Snows in April, Internet Has Prince Jokes, Meme description: An April snowfall gave the Internet all of the feelings, with many Prince fans taking to social media to say "sometimes it snows in April." canonical: https://time.com/5224539/sometimes-it-snows-in-april-prince-jokes-memes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-02T18:16:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:47.491Z og:title: A Snow Day in April Inspires Plenty of Prince Jokes og:description: Sometimes it snows in April... og:url: https://time.com/5224539/sometimes-it-snows-in-april-prince-jokes-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bdeca03d2494339/69892c9a096a9415736a2018/prince-sometimes-it-snows-in-april.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Prince Live In LA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Snow Day in April Inspires Plenty of Prince Jokes twitter:description: Sometimes it snows in April... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bdeca03d2494339/69892c9a096a9415736a2018/prince-sometimes-it-snows-in-april.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Have Amazing Prince Jokes Because It's Actually Snowing in April > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Michael Ochs Archives—This content is subject to copyright.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Apr 2, 2018 6:16 PM UTC [April Fool’s Day](http://time.com/5223968/seth-rogen-netflix-april-fools-day-2018-prank/) might have been Sunday, but it’s definitely no joke that despite the spring season, much of the Northeast was hit by a small [snowstorm](http://time.com/5214941/orange-snow-europe/). The timing of the storm was not lost on [Prince](http://time.com/4359619/prince-birthday-anecdotes/) fans, who quickly took to social media to declare that “sometimes it snows in April,” a reference to the iconic musician’s song of the same name that appeared on his 1986 album, _Parade_ and was featured in his film, _Under the Cherry Moon_. This spring storm inspired a slew of jokes, memes, and in some cases, fond tributes on social media to the late artist, who also passed away this month in 2016. Noted Prince fan and close friend of the Purple One Spike Lee took to his Instagram to declare that Prince was right about the weather in April. While this Twitter user reflected on Prince’s untimely passing with the bittersweet lyrics from the song. > [](https://twitter.com/SaraSavoy/status/980622066805301248) This Prince fan pointed out that snow in April is a conclusion that a Minnesota native like Prince would have. > [](https://twitter.com/cathyparkhong/status/980806644174086144) While another suggested that the surprise snowstorm might be a message from the late artist himself. > [](https://twitter.com/dstfelix/status/980778823280185344) Even Minnesota’s _Star Tribune_ got into the spirit by using the song to give the weather report. > [](https://twitter.com/StarTribune/status/980809729017548802) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5224539/sometimes-it-snows-in-april-prince-jokes-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5224539/sometimes-it-snows-in-april-prince-jokes-memes/"},"headline":"People Have Amazing Prince Jokes Because It's Actually Snowing in April","datePublished":"2018-04-02T18:16:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:47.491Z","description":"Sometimes it snows in April...","url":"https://time.com/5224539/sometimes-it-snows-in-april-prince-jokes-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bdeca03d2494339/69892c9a096a9415736a2018/prince-sometimes-it-snows-in-april.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bdeca03d2494339/69892c9a096a9415736a2018/prince-sometimes-it-snows-in-april.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Live In LA","caption":"Prince Live In LA","creditText":"Michael Ochs Archives—This content is subject to copyright.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5224539/sometimes-it-snows-in-april-prince-jokes-memes/","name":"People Have Amazing Prince Jokes Because It's Actually Snowing in April"}}]}] ```