michsnowfreak

I'm sure this has been asked but is there a link for old radar images?

More silver dollar snowflakes today, but unlike Saturday night when they produced a Winter wonderland, these are just melting as they fall, mixed with some rain as well.

I had some stakes in the ground that I used for Christmas decorations that were frozen in the ground all Winter long and when I tried to get them out about a week ago it was still too hard lol. I'm sure I'll be able to get them out this week but still haha.

Fun surprise last night. A little mesoscale band of snow hugged the Ann Arbor to DTW corridor and the massive silver dollar snowflakes just poured from the sky. Outside of the band a negligible light mix of rain and snow fell, but inside the band a solid 1 to 2" fell although I suspect just south of me may have been the jackpot with closer to 3". Classic Spring snow. I received 2.0" which puts me at 45.2" on the season. DTW received 1.8" which puts them at 44.8" on the season.

I have seen a few low to mid 20s winters in my lifetime but nothing lower. The Winter that my mom was pregnant with me, 1982-83, DTW finished with 20" on the dot, over half of which fell in Spring. Would have been a historically horrendous Winter had it not been for a few Spring snows. And honestly, though you were joking, I know very well that things with weather even themselves out over time. Does it mean you will have a record snowy Winter next year? Absolutely not. But your average is your average for a reason, so I'm sure better times lie ahead for you.

Have you ever had a sub 20 Winter before? For me it would be a psychological thing lol. Crack 20" anyway you can. I've had a few low-mid twenties winters in my life but Detroit has not seen a sub 20" Winter since 1968-69.

15 of 22 winters since 2000 ..................DTW.....ORD 2000-01 - 39.0" - 39.2" 2001-02 - 33.7" - 31.1" 2002-03 - 60.9" - 28.6" 2003-04 - 24.1" - 24.8" 2004-05 - 63.8" - 39.4" 2005-06 - 36.3" - 26.0" 2006-07 - 30.3" - 35.6" 2007-08 - 71.7" - 60.3" 2008-09 - 65.7" - 52.7" 2009-10 - 43.7" - 54.7" 2010-11 - 69.1" - 57.4" 2011-12 - 26.0" - 19.8" 2012-13 - 47.7" - 30.1" 2013-14 - 94.9" - 82.0" 2014-15 - 47.5" - 50.7" 2015-16 - 35.3" - 31.2" 2016-17 - 37.9" - 26.1" 2017-18 - 61.0" - 36.1" 2018-19 - 31.3" - 49.5" 2019-20 - 43.7" - 34.8" 2020-21 - 44.9" - 48.8" 2021-22 - 43.0" - 32.4" thru 3/30

Wow quite a storm!

Thru 3/30: ORD 32.4" DTW 43.0" ORD will need one Helluva April storm to pull that off lol. Question for Chicago peeps, I guess mainly Alek or mimillman. Any of you guys who live along the lakeshore downtown keep records? Just curious if downtown may have actually beaten ORD this year. Obviously usually ORD wins but my brother who lives there noted a few times he got more than ord. Usually he gets less.

It appears that, at least based on long term models, April will end up on the cooler than average side. Though I'm sure with the usual ups and downs. After a cold and often wintry April 2018, an interesting thing of note is that each of the past 3 april's have had advisory level snowfalls late in the month in our sub. Apr 27/28, 2019- 3-5" of snow falls in Chicago's far NW burbs Apr 17/18, 2020- 3-6" of snow falls from Detroit to Toledo Apr 20/21, 2021- 3-6" of snow falls from Detroit to Toledo Apr 2022...hold my beer????

Sleet and freezing rain overnight. Picked up 0.1" of sleet. Adds another tenth to the snow season tally, 43.2" on the season. Temps rising quickly now.

The low of 18° at DTW this morning was the latest teens since Apr 5, 1995.

There were definitely an unusual number of Winter events in the South this Winter, however I still don't know where you're getting 1' let alone 2 or 3' events. This season to date map is certainly not gospel but it's a good representation of overall snowfall.

There was a horrific 50-car crash in Pennsylvania today from a snow squall. We had a similar 50+ car pileup in February but luckily nobody died. Unfortunately 3 died in Pennsylvania today. These are happening every Winter anymore. I do not understand why people drive full speed when there's a white out.

Definitely impressive. Yesterday was a mix of clouds and sun and we topped out at 32. But today was sunny all day after some early snow and we only topped out at 30. Areas outside the metro stayed in the 20s both days despite sun.

DTW hovered at 20 for much of the night but it clouded up and another unexpected snow shower moved through (0.1"), so Temp didn't bottom out. Season snow 42.9" DTW, 43.1" mby. Looks like the second day in a row where we won't break freezing.

I'd also like to know lol. For the record the 13.7" officially at Dayton is the least snowy since 2016-17 when 8.5" fell. They also had 9.5" in 2011-12 and 6.2" in 2001-02. If no more snow falls this season, it will be the 30th least snowy Winter on record for Dayton, since 1892. Average snowfall for DAY is around 24". There have been 11 winters since records started in the 1890s with single digit inch season totals. The snowiest on record is 62.7" in 1977-78, and the least snowy is 3.2" in 1918-19.

Received a powdery dusting of 0.2" this morning. Mostly sublimated but a cold January-like day. Season snowfall at 43.0".

Picked up 0.5" of wet snow this morning. Has all melted. 42.8" on the season.

I imagine there end up being some extreme differences in remaining snowcover between areas that get full sun and areas that receive full shade

Still kind of quite impressive. Detroit is at 42.2", so again a quite average Winter here.

Technically this season may not be over for any of us but at this point it's just the flash in the pan snows that come and go quickly.

0.68" of rain here last night through today. Washed away the salt lol.

Definitely a frustrating Winter for your area. Near misses bother me more than model failures. If I was in your shoes I'd probably give the Winter a D or D-. But we all grade differently lol.

You are around 17"? What is your average?