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April can suck it. My least fav month and it's not even close.

I remember the storm very well. I was coming home from visiting Indiana and arrived at 1 am on the 15th and could barely make it down my road and not up my drive at all. There was 30" of glacier snow otg beforehand and 50 ish inches when all was said and done. It was a heavy/wet snow too. EDIT- I grabbed both of these pics from the storm thread here on the board. Apparently I posted that it had snowed 28-30" in a 53 hour period. This was the view from inside looking out. I posted this same pic back then.

I don't enjoy March like I do Nov- mid December tho. At this point in the season the novelty of having snow has dwindled and the desire for warmer weather starts to kick in, as well as the higher sun angle being noticeable. April 1st norms here are 40/21, and some of the bigger snows I've seen the past 8 years have been in April. A notable storm was April 14-15 2018 when 32" fell over a 48 hour period.

Yeah but currently the point forecast has the highest temp only reaching 31. The cold lake should limit the warmth from surging too far north at the surface. We'll see...I may end up with 35 and rain at some point before transitioning back to snow and ending, hard to say.

No one living up here expects Spring in March. You get use to it. A cold winter was had up this way, for sure. It has only been above freezing here one time since Christmas eve when I recorded 33 degrees and the forecast doesn't have a temp above freezing for at least the next seven days, although that can change quick this time of the year. Average high/low for March 3rd is 30/10... still solid winter climo.

Another chilly one with -14 for the low here. Ironwood -16 Iron Mountain -12 Champion -20 Wakefield -24 Watersmeet -22 Baraga Plains -22 Stonington -21

11 degrees way up here in the north. A forecast low of -4.

It's definitely a micro climate driven area. As far as the storm goes, I started with a depth of 28" and had a 50" depth at the end of the storm, while receiving around 40" of snow. So it was a 22" depth increase over a 54 hour period. The snow ratios were averaging 15:1 and there was quite a bit of wind as well that I believe accounted for the quick settling. Highest reported total was 6 nw Negaunee with 45". MQT peaked at 43" and have a current depth of 30". My depth of 50" has settled to an average of 38". Very similar rise and fall in depth as MQT. I just started with much more otg. Kudos to anyone who can accurately measure feet of snow on top of feet of snow. My snow stake that drifted well over the 60" mark has settled down to 50". Just a great long duration winter storm no matter what amount fell.

It's crazy. I received over 50 inches each month this winter. At MQT, snow fell to some degree every single day in January and everyday but one in February and the Dec/Jan/Feb period as a whole, there was at least a trace of snow 82 of the 89 days and measurable snow on 70 days. Add the two 30+ inch storms in and it's been a really nice winter and It's far from over. Last year I barely cracked 150.

MQT WFO, Negaunee February stats: Average temp 10.5 (5.3 below average) snow 59.6 inches Coldest temp -17 warmest 37 Estimate 65- 70" of snow up here at my place this past month.

Yeah, I just took a look. You're using the stats from the city waste water treatment plant downtown. https://www.weather.gov/media/mqt/MQTCityMarch.pdf I'm using the stats from MQT the NWS office in Negaunee that's in the snowbelt, closer to what I experience. https://www.weather.gov/media/mqt/MQTWFOMarch.pdf

MQT(Negaunee) averages 29.4 in March and 17.6 in April, not sure where the 22 inches is from. I'm roughly a half hour nw of Marquette the city.

High of 24 here today with a little over 2 inches of snow. Off and on light snow chances and well below freezing temps for the rest of the week. After the 40 inches of snow last week, a more tranquil pattern has been welcome. Spent the past few days moving snow. I did end up taking a good deal of snow off the roof. Heading into March, systems can become much wetter and I was concerned about the potential for a cold rain or heavy/wet snow event that the roof snow would just soak up rather than shed. On average there is still another 50 inches of snow here... better safe.

Well, we could certainly use another poster up this way. Nearby neighbor.

Read my PM. Edit: Here's my PM maybe you didnt get it. Hey if I remember correctly the Munising Observer is actually quite a few miles west of town. Munising I guess is just a close by reference point. Like the Grand Marais observer is 10 miles south of GM. I think that explains your depth irregularity.

0100 PM SNOW 4 NE NEGAUNEE 46.53N 87.55W 02/23/2022 M2.0 INCH MARQUETTE MI OFFICIAL NWS OBS SINCE 7 AM. BRINGS STORM TOTAL TO 37.1 INCHES.

Am concerned for the little doe that stayed behind this season. Haven't seen her or any tracks in a couple days. Poor thing is only around 30" tall at the shoulder. I fear she will freeze and starve to death or be coyote/wolf food. Maybe she got some sense and split but I don't think so. Think i'll put on the snow shoes and head out back and see if I can spot any sign of her.

Man it sure has been a rough few seasons in NW lower and it sucs because that area has so much potential to deliver incredible snow. I believe it has to flip at some point. Interesting you mention the trusses. I pulled down the attic stairs in the garage and my contractor and I went up, and he showed how there was very little pressure on the trusse braces. You could pound on them with your fist and get some flimsy movement showing they're not stressed at all. I'm ecstatic, while I love snow, shoveling a roof isn't on my list fun things, I just always felt I needed to do it. I'm officially a yooper lol

I love small north woods towns. Very picturesque.

I'm suddenly enjoying it a whole lot more. The contractor that's working on the inside of my new poll barn chuckled when he saw me up on the roof and said I was wasting my time and not to worry about clearing the snow. Houses here can take the weight he said. I've cleared around the chimney stack and when the snow melts this Spring, he's gonna add a 4' piece of stove pipe to extend it past the roof peak so I don't have to dick with this every year. Made my day. woo hoo!

What's the depth over in Au Train?

Even more pronounced here in Marquette County. I'm a little over 1600' here and only 7 miles from the lake. The prevailing winds favor the Keweenaw most of the time tho. The brightest white is 1800-1900 feet.

I'm not sure exactly, I'll have to do some digging but mostly average to below. Last year was horrible, barely made it to 150".

Here's some pics I shared in the lakes forum this morning

It's been a great season up here that's for sure. As of this morning MQT has 42" otg and a season total of 168"... I'm around 190" and a depth right around 50" What will March bring?