Hoosier Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 The recently departed storm was certainly a major one for some areas, but just how unusual or historic was it? I've gone back and reviewed previous November snowstorms for the area, and this one stacks up pretty well against most of them. In particular, the band of 10" or greater extending from Iowa (really even farther west than that) to Michigan is something that is pretty impressive at any time of year, let alone November, and that type of longitudinal extent has not occurred in many November snowstorms. I'm not actually going to rank this storm, but I would say that it has joined an elite club for November storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Now I will be posting maps of other November snowstorms going back to 1900. I do know of other significant November snowstorm occurrences prior to then (1895 being one) but no maps are available. Storms that only affected the northernmost areas of the subforum are not included, as that is not as climatologically unusual. Also, a few "fringe" storms were left off (ones that skirted the fringes of the subforum area with heavy snow) as well as a few storms that extended into December. 1913 1920 1921 1926 1932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 1936 1940 1942 1949 1950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 1951 1958 1959 1966 1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 1975 1980 1995 1997 2004 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 WTF Storm that basically tracked due north out of the eastern Gulf, a bit similar to the 11/1950 storm shifted west, but obviously not as intense or long lasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Storm that basically tracked due north out of the eastern Gulf, a bit similar to the 11/1950 storm shifted west, but obviously not as intense or long lasting. It's just odd to have no SW to NE snowshield. This one is almost straight north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 This storm was in a class of it's own, especially when considering the area that received 10" or more. That 10" band is almost continuous for 500 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Storm that basically tracked due north out of the eastern Gulf, a bit similar to the 11/1950 storm shifted west, but obviously not as intense or long lasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 1966.gif WOW.. A blizz of 78 track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 WOW.. A blizz of 78 track. Yep, pretty close. 1966 was just a bit farther east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Wasn't 1995 when Central Michigan around Houghton Lake broke an all time November snowfall record? I want to say around 50" fell in that area that month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 https://www.americanwx.com/bb/uploads/monthly_11_2015/post-14-0-02522500-1448239006.png I remember this storm like it was yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 WOW.. A blizz of 78 track. thought the same thing. Also somewhat similar snowfall band placement, (at least thru IN/OH/KY) as the December '04 storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That 1950 storm looks like it was a monster. Widespread 15" from central Ohio east. 30"+ up here....might have been some lake effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Wasn't 1995 when Central Michigan around Houghton Lake broke an all time November snowfall record? I want to say around 50" fell in that area that month Yep. And his map post was the storm at the end of the month. The bliz was on Vet's Day the 11th but basically was an up north deal, so he excluded it. That year, I was working in Grayling and November was more like a good December! Earliest winter of my lifetime. First ground whitening Sept 19th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeye Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That 1950 storm looks like it was a monster. Widespread 15" from central Ohio east. 30"+ up here....might have been some lake effect. infamous 'snow bowl'....Michigan played at Ohio State during that storm. Score was like 2 to 3 or something lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dta1984 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 infamous 'snow bowl'....Michigan played at Ohio State during that storm. Score was like 2 to 3 or something lol. O wow that is neat! Piece of Ohio history I didn't know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 That 1966 storm looks sweet. A pretty rare track for any time of the year but the first couple of days of November with that much cold air? I wonder just how far south the snow occurred. It looks like it almost extended south to the Mississippi/Tennessee border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 very neat info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 That 1966 storm looks sweet. A pretty rare track for any time of the year but the first couple of days of November with that much cold air? I wonder just how far south the snow occurred. It looks like it almost extended south to the Mississippi/Tennessee border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Hoosier this thread rocks. Thanks for the wonderful research! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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