michsnowfreak

This morning was like a summer squall line on radar, only it was December snow. Picked up 1.2" here and 1.0" at DTW. Pretty consistent 1-1.5" in 1.5 hours with the passage of this morning's mini clipper. Tonight is really nowcast. Dont know what to expect. Season to date snowfall is 10.5" here and 10.3" DTW. Today waa the 4th snowfall of December falling in the 1-1.5" range. Nickel and diming a winter wonderland. The snow blanket is very layered and more dense than it looks.

The first week of December was the 9th coldest on record at Detroit & Toledo, and 10th coldest at Chicago. I didnt check any other cities.

They were. But still picked up 25.1" in December 2000. I had 29.9".

There have been some front end winters (hello 2000-01) but certainly after Christmas is often when a lot of the fun is.

1.4" here. Season to date is 9.3", a true season of nickel and dimes: 2.5" - Nov 10 0.1" - Nov 27 3.1" - Nov 29/30 1.2" - Dec 1/2 1.0" - Dec 3/4 1.4" - Dec 7

Deepest snow in chicago in nearly 5 years. Congrats, im jealous!

Multiple record lows were set this day, but one of the more impressive was Flint which smashed their record low ot 6 with -3.

Its a beautiful snowy morning here, definitely a very nickel and dime start to the season. Its been white since Nov 29, so no complaints there. But idk if I'd say its true spread the wealth. For the most part the highest amounts this early season have consistently been focused in the same general area, the same area that did so poorly last season. Its a classic example of mother nature smoothing the mean for that area.

Record low temp of 5° at Detroit this morning, beating the old recordcof 6° from 1974. The DTW sensor seems to not be recording intra hour min/max, so i wonder if it may have dropped even lower.

There aren't grass tips here. But if there were. Any snow during the Christmas season enhances the mood. Also the cold glistening type of snow is more typical of mid winter than early December.

Im looking out the window beyond my Christmas decorations at a glistening blanket of snow. I can think of worse scenarios to be in in early December. And no, that doesn't mean i dont want a big storm too

Moline IL set all.time low season snow last winter (8.2") and passed that total thus year in NOVEMBER

Iowa is rarely the hot spot because of no lake help of any kind. They can get a good storm though.

Surprise inch of fluffy snow ahead of the arctic front. 7.9" season to date. We are nickel and diming away to start 2025-26.

My area missed the brunt of the Nov 29 storm to the west and was just grazed by the storm that hit the east. But looks and feels like winter. We won't even touch freezing all week. Single digits Thu night. This is not normal early Dec weather. Avg highs in NYC are still upper 40s. Winter is just starting. Everyone wants a big storm but winter has more to offer than that.