Winter 2020-21 in Pictures - SE MI

[michsnowfreak]

Ive done it every year since the heyday of this board...so why not keep it up.

Season total snowfall of 44.9" at DTW & 47.0" imby is slightly above avg...yet as always...it came in a non-avg way. Nov/Dec had average snowfall which was also perfectly timed, despite mild temps. Jan was a snow disaster despite nonstop gray skies and marginal temps (not warm, not cold). As is often the case anymore, Feb was this winters darling month, dropping lots of snow and featuring lots of cold. The snow melted rapidly as Feb ended and while March saw hardly any snow a late season April snow gave astounding winter scenes.

NOVEMBER 2020 - 3.3"

First flakes were Nov 1st (the first year in many that there were none in Oct), but 0.2" on Nov 17th started us on the board

 

11-22-20 a wet, scenic snow dropped 1.7" here and 1.9" DTW

 

DECEMBER 2020 - 10.5"

12-1-20 the storm which began on Nov 30th ended up dropping 4.3" here and 3.9" at DTW, a great start to Dec

 

12-16-20 a long duration light snowfall made for great holiday scenes, by the end of the 17th over 3" had fallen

 

12-25-20 Waking up Christmas morning to fresh snow on what was bare ground is just perfect. By nightfall, 3.6" fell here with 3.0" at DTW.

 

JANUARY 2021 - 6.0"

1-1-21 New Years was very icy

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

(JANUARY 2021 continue)

1-20-21 discarded Christmas trees with a fresh 1.3" of snow

 

1-31-21 we continued the theme of "inch at a time" snowfalls the 2nd half of January

 

FEBRUARY 2021 - 22.7"

2-4-21: blinding snow with near zero visib dropped 3" in 1.5 hours. The quick hitting storm dropped 4.2" here & 4.1" DTW

 

2-5-21 cold sunset on fresh snow as deep winter descended on the great lakes

 

2-6-21 cold but sunny winter day

 

2-9-21 snow seemed to fall continuously in Feb, and this 1.6" fall glistened like diamonds

 

2-10-21 gray winter day contrasts the ice art of the Detroit River with the regular white landscape

 

2-16-21 near blizzard conditions and a very drifty snowfall on Feb 15/16 dropped 11.0" here & 10.4" DTW

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

(FEBRUARY 2021 continue)

2-17-21 a brisk -5F to start the day

 

2-18-21 gray skies as another snowfall moves in

 

2-19-21 another cold sunrise

 

2-20-21 now...a cold sunset

 

2-22-21 when deep snow begins thawing....its time to build things

 

MARCH 2021 - Trace

3-1-21 piles and drifts dwindled away the first week of March, and only a trace fell all month

 

APRIL 2021 - 4.5"

4-1-21 snow showers fell all day, dropping 0.1" both here & DTW but 1-3" in spots. Quite an Opening Day!

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

Had to edit this thread a little bit since I save these picture summaries...winter was not done after all.

 

APRIL 2021 - 4.5" (continue)

4-20-21 Snow began just after noon and fell all day, melting at first then transforming the landscape into a Winter wonderland by late afternoon and evening.

 

4-21-21 following a storm that dropped 4.4" of snow imby & 3.5" at DTW, the scenes on the cold April morning were gorgeous.