slow poke Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 9 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: There was absolutely more snow in southeast MI than northern lower MI last week. However with the melting at home and some fresh snow up here it was a nice few days. The lackluster snow season in northern MI, combined with a good Feb in southeast MI, meant a big snow trip was really not in the cards this year so just went up for a few days and got to see some elk! Seeing the elk is pretty cool up there, been a few years since we’ve done that. Snow wise definitely not the best winter for it here in the mitt. With flights as cheap as they are right now this could have been a good year to fly out west and go check out some serious snow depths in the mountains. Or drive over to Chicago a week or so back. Deepest snow depth I had here at home was last week with about 12”-13”, up north at our place at Higgins it’s fluctuated between 10” and 18” since mid December with it peaking this past weekend. For as bad as it’s been there really hasn’t been any major thaws up north until this week which is really unusual so whatever snow did fall up there hasn’t really melted until this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 8 hours ago, Stebo said: St. Ignace literally just had 11" on Wednesday morning. I am sure the other side of the bridge did well. Depends on which day he went up.... I was in St. Ignace 5 days ago and there was less snow than Howell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 The snow cover in my backyard is down from 18" to 11". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 7 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said: The snow cover in my backyard is down from 18" to 11". About the same here. The remaining glacier is extremely dense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 I'll admit I don't pay attention to the weather when it's boring as hell...but woke up this morning, checked out the p&c forecast and saw a forecasted high of 47˚ for today. Not too bad. Will go with the light jacket at work today. Well, that busted, lol. Only made it to 38˚ today. Still a decent amount of snow around here. Couldn't have helped I'm sure. Tomorrow's forecast is 56˚. I'll bring my light and medium jacket...just in case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 22 minutes ago, cyclone77 said: About the same here. The remaining glacier is extremely dense. Your snowcover is definitely holding tougher than mine. I can safely say there is well under 11" of snow left here lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Beautiful sunset today 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Hoosier said: Your snowcover is definitely holding tougher than mine. I can safely say there is well under 11" of snow left here lol Same here. went from 15" to a trace in 11 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 With no additional snowfall accumulation expected in the final days of the month, February 2021 will finish as the 9th snowiest February on record for Chicago... Top 10 snowiest February's... 1. 29.0" - 2011 2. 27.8" - 1896 3. 26.8" - 2015 4. 26.2" - 1994 5. 22.6" - 1900 6. 22.5" - 2010 6. 22.5" - 1967 8. 21.8" - 2008 9. 21.6" - 2021 10. 21.1" - 1901 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Chicago Storm said: With no additional snowfall accumulation expected in the final days of the month, February 2021 will finish as the 9th snowiest February on record for Chicago... Top 10 snowiest February's... 1. 29.0" - 2011 2. 27.8" - 1896 3. 26.8" - 2015 4. 26.2" - 1994 5. 22.6" - 1900 6. 22.5" - 2010 6. 22.5" - 1967 8. 21.8" - 2008 9. 21.6" - 2021 10. 21.1" - 1901 Half of the list since 2008 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 Got 15 mins of nice aggregates about a half hour ago. Nice treat for my first night in my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 5 hours ago, madwx said: Got 15 mins of nice aggregates about a half hour ago. Nice treat for my first night in my house Congrats on the new house Looks like we have a chance at our first 50 degree reading today. Even though the snow is still quite deep you don't have to go too far to the south to get completely out of it, so that should help with temps. Next weekend or early the following week the first 60 degree day looks likely. The Euro shows 60s all the way to the UP by then as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Woke up to a surprise WWA for overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. 2-4” from a thread the needle event. WSW to my southwest. Wasn’t expecting this system to be that dynamic. Will be nice to freshen that mangy ragged snowpack even if just for a few days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Down to 4” snow depth at RFD and 5” at ORD, with outlying areas across N IL still in the 6-9” range.That should all vanish the next two days, with temps into the 50’s, and also DP’s into the 40’s today and even the 50’s for a time tomorrow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny8 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Still over 9" snow depth (glacier depth) in my backyard in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood. Just amazing snowpack in the city this month. My yard is pretty shaded but the neighbors depth seems pretty similar. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduewx80 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Danny8 said: Still over 9" snow depth (glacier depth) in my backyard in Chicago's Irving Park neighborhood. Just amazing snowpack in the city this month. My yard is pretty shaded but the neighbors depth seems pretty similar. Can definitely see the reverse gradient even more now driving to/from work in the suburbs. Lots of grass showing out there but we still have deep piles in the city. Despite most roads being snow-free now, people are somehow still claiming dibs on parking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Made it to 50 both here and at MLI this afternoon. Lots of peeps out walking/jogging and hanging out in their garages. Spring fever in full swing fo sho. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Not in our sub, but Garden City KS is 74/-10 with 3% humidity, and winds gusting to 48mph. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 On 2/26/2021 at 8:15 AM, slow poke said: Seeing the elk is pretty cool up there, been a few years since we’ve done that. Snow wise definitely not the best winter for it here in the mitt. With flights as cheap as they are right now this could have been a good year to fly out west and go check out some serious snow depths in the mountains. Or drive over to Chicago a week or so back. Deepest snow depth I had here at home was last week with about 12”-13”, up north at our place at Higgins it’s fluctuated between 10” and 18” since mid December with it peaking this past weekend. For as bad as it’s been there really hasn’t been any major thaws up north until this week which is really unusual so whatever snow did fall up there hasn’t really melted until this week. My peak depth at home was 15". While up there we visited a friend's place in Cheboygan and it was beautiful because they had just had a fresh 5" snowfall but you could tell by the depth that before that new snow they had way less on the ground than we had had that week. Everything's relative, but since we have months of snow off and on to play in at home, when I go up North I typically like to see the mind boggling depths. This year was just not happening, so hopefully if next year is a more normal northern Michigan Winter I will head to the Keweenaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chambana Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 1 hour ago, cyclone77 said: Made it to 50 both here and at MLI this afternoon. Lots of peeps out walking/jogging and hanging out in their garages. Spring fever in full swing fo sho. 58 here, got my smoker going with two racks of ribs, and spring fever is in full swing here too. Ready to turn the page on spring. Just started a fire in the back yard. Bring it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 17 hours ago, Hoosier said: Half of the list since 2008 With a 147 year span of record, I have NEVER seen any ranking of any kind more crazy than the snowiest Feb lists. It's mind boggling really. Detroits snowiest Febs 1.) 38.4" - 1908 2.) 31.7" - 2011 3.) 28.4" - 1881 4.) 28.0" - 1900 4.) 28.0" - 1926 6.) 27.0" - 2010 7.) 26.4" - 2015 8.) 24.2" - 2008 9.) 23.5" - 2013 10.) 23.4" - 2014 11.) 21.8" - 2021 12.) 21.0" - 2018 13.) 20.8" - 1986 14.) 19.6" - 1898 15.) 19.2" - 2003 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 After what's been a great February it's depressing seeing so much snow melt in less than a week. Sun angle means business now. The 2nd picture shows 2 homes with no trees or obstructions in front directly across the street from each other. Can you tell which side is the Sunny side of the street? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 hours ago, michsnowfreak said: My peak depth at home was 15". While up there we visited a friend's place in Cheboygan and it was beautiful because they had just had a fresh 5" snowfall but you could tell by the depth that before that new snow they had way less on the ground than we had had that week. Everything's relative, but since we have months of snow off and on to play in at home, when I go up North I typically like to see the mind boggling depths. This year was just not happening, so hopefully if next year is a more normal northern Michigan Winter I will head to the Keweenaw. Thats crazy about Northern Michigan. On the other side of Lake Huron/Georgian Bay in Muskoka, Parry Sound, Algonquin there's 25-40" of snow on the ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Extremely dense fog out there at the moment. Several sites around are reporting 1/8 mile vis. Looks like the thermal ridge gets here around midday when we could make a run at 50, and then downhill from there. Still a good 8" of white cement out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Posted in wrong thread before. Solid fat dendrites last few hours but marginal temps limiting accumulation. We’ve finally dropped from 37 when the snow started to 32 at 10am so things are starting to stick better. 6-8” reports in the narrow weenie band up by St. Cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Local roads getting dicey from the slush we received overnight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 January/February 2021 is the first time with back to back months of 20"+ snow at ORD since December 2008/January 2009. It came up a hair short in 2014, with February having 19.5" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1.5” of slop to briefly freshen up the melting pack this morning. Sunny and 30 degrees to close out February. This month has now seen 5.9” of snow on an average of 7.5” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 DTW torched briefly to 60 today, the warmest temperature since mid November. We stayed up bit cooler on the water with the East wind. A fantastic February of cold and snow ends miserably. Outside of the dirty snow piles in all the parking lots, some still quite big, just a few drifts and piles remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Ended up tied for the 12th coldest February here. The mild last week brought us warmer than 2014 and 2015. Snowfall was slightly below average(10.4" vs the 12.4" average) but precip overall was about half of average (0.8" vs 1.5" average). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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