michsnowfreak

Standard la nina would be storms galore into the Great Lakes

Weak La Ninas have a very strong signal for snowy Decembers here.

I've noticed over the years there are always some notable similarities yet at the same time notable differences between winters in the Southern Great Lakes and Southern New England. Not sure where sne falls with this, but I was looking at weak la ninas and it's startling how strong the trend is for snowy December's here during a weak Nina. Especially since the 1970s. 7 of the past 8 have had well above average December snowfall. The lone holdout was average. Could be completely random, as those 8 winters were quite different from one another (some severe, some very frontloaded). But regardless the trend is about as strong as you can get with an analog set.

it's incredible seeing how 1955 and 1921 are near the top of almost everyone's list. They must have been absolutely brutal in the mostly pre-AC era.

same here!

I had 5.72" in July and already 2.00" in August

Exactly 2" of rain here the last 2 days

The past decade has certainly had several very hot July's, but before that, Detroit's hottest July list was absolutely dominated by the pre-1960 era. In the last 12 years, Detroit his had 4 July's rank in the top 10 warmest and 2 rank in the top 10 coldest. Pretty impressive for a 146 year span of record

Does anyone know how to bookmark a station with the new MOS page?

Interesting that this month beat out 1921, 1955, and 2012. Those July's were more torrid across most of the midwest than 2020.

7th warmest July on record for Detroit with 77.4°. no record highs, no record amount of 90s, just persistent warmth. only one day below avg.

do you have AC?

I'm done with summer even earlier than normal this year. Its consistently warm/hot, no baseball yet, no concerts, pretty much ready for fall

Thanks for the info on CT. they'll be working at uconn. Its more for my own curiosity than theirs . Not sure about the girlfriend but I know my brother well. He likes snow at first but then gets tired of it. Not sure if they'll be there more than 1 winter, so hopefully a noreaster happens this coming winter. Actually, assuming the Winter will probably have less gray days, less snowy days, less days with snowcover, but a bigger shut-everything-down storm, that my be a type of winter my brother likes lol. if a 2+ foot storm happens I may have to come for a visit.

Oh wow, then that is definitely less than here. Im assuming snowcover isn't great either then? They dont have strong opinions one way or the other regarding winter (don't love it, don't hate it), plus its a temporary move, so I don't think they would care. But interesting nonetheless.

Thanks. 40-45 would be similar to here, probably the usual caveat of bigger storms but less snowfalls/snowcover overall.

Question for Connecticut folks. How much snow does Willimantic average? My brother and his girlfriend are relocating there until she can get transferred back to Michigan. Its a small town and I couldn't figure out with the variable snowfall averages in New England what side Willimantic lies lol.

Detroit was able to touch 90ﾟ one day. That's not even close to a heat wave lol. That said, the humidity was just awful

It's funny because while it's been so Sunny and dry for the most part in July, these few torrential downpours have already added up to 5.42". July 07- 0.55" July 08- 0.12" July 10- 2.62" July 16- 1.04" July 19- 1.09"

That's always one of the first things I think, how they had no air conditioner. We all know I'm the climo guy for Detroit area. Subtle trends I've noticed lately are an increase in precipitation and snowfall as well as an increase in average mean temperature over the course of the entire met summer. But I've yet to see anything rival the frequency and intensity of the heat waves of the 1930s-50s.

It's always funny every year how when the very first discussions of the coming Winter begin, even those of us at northern latitudes look at temperature departure maps first. In reality mild winters can be snowy and cold winters can be dry. Obviously you still want to see a map covered in blue over covered in red, but I can't say I dislike the look of a weak La Nina, at least here in the southern great lakes.

+1°C is a blowtorch, got it

Dry heat is so overrated lol. I just laugh when people act like 115° is not bad if it's dry heat

As much as I hate heat, it would have been interesting to experience some of the wicked heatwaves from the 1930s-50s

Been quite busy so I did not comment earlier but had very interesting weather on Friday. Torrential downpour hit wyandotte dropping 2.55" of rain in 45 minutes around 730pm. Caused some brief flash flooding and flooded basements despite the parched landscape. I was actually not home when it happened, I was north of Detroit where it was bone dry at the time but that would be the among the heaviest rainfall rates I could recall. DTW, just 7 miles west received only 0.01" from that same storm. Conversely earlier in the afternoon, DTW was soaked with a 1.59" storm when wyandotte only had a trace. All in all the total rainfall for the day was 2.06" at DTW and 2.67" at Wyandotte. Definitely much needed rain and much of SE MI got in on heavy rain but it was really weird how it was coming in a bunch of isolated torrents hitting different areas at different times.