Snow in April is hardly a new phenomenon in Toronto, but it still manages to blindside the city with despair and confusion every spring.

A blanket of snow descended upon the region on Monday afternoon, the second-snowiest April 18 on record, with a 7 p.m. snow total of 4 cm. Tuesday's projected total of 3 cm will break the record for the snowiest April 19 in the city's history.

It made for some beautiful, if not unwelcome, photos and videos of what will hopefully be the last significant snow event of the season.

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— NomZie (@NifHalf) April 18, 2022

Some of the snow-obscured views looked pretty bleak for late April, though even in nicer weather, the Don Mills and Finch area is no Paris.

North York, near Don Mills and Finch pic.twitter.com/sn3bO7il4L

— Felipe 🇧🇷🇨🇦 (@RosaJAX) April 18, 2022

Other scenes, like the tree-lined view below, had more of a winter wonderland vibe.

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— Karl Leutner (@eKarlca) April 18, 2022

Maybe it's the pine trees, but this view from the Yonge and Eglinton area could easily pass for a scene from late December.

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— Chris Ray (@crissray) April 19, 2022

Low visibility had downtown skyscrapers looking like ghostly silhouettes, or perhaps a shot from a dystopian sci-fi flick.

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— Chris (@ChrisGansler) April 18, 2022

And though this latest blast of winter weather may be the cold season's death rattle, the sudden drop back to frigid temperatures and actual snow accumulation had people (including us at blogTO) complaining.

STOP!!!! PLEASE STOP SNOWING!!!!!!

HOW COULD IT BE 20 DEGREES CELSIUS ONE DAY AND IT'S SNOWING ANOTHER?

TORONTO... You're something else. I still love you though. pic.twitter.com/FicU8MCymI

— blogTO (@blogTO) April 18, 2022

Like, can it just be over already?

i agree please stop why won’t winter just go away? 🥶😭 #canadianweather pic.twitter.com/7Ftlrv49YG

— Tiffany (@Sungjongmyangel) April 18, 2022

One commenter took some liberties with our Twitter callout for "snow videos."

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— Jessica Smith (@jessica_laine) April 18, 2022

But it looks like the pain is almost over.

As of Tuesday morning, windchill factors have temperatures feeling in the negative single digits, but a massive shift is on the way, with a balmy high of 24 C expected for Sunday.