2022 Year in Review

[Hoosier]

It was a bit of a struggle to come up with a lot of highlights locally, but here they are.  Add yours.

 

- Early February snowstorm dropped a foot in my backyard

- May heat/humidity.  The warmth was impressive, but the combination of unusually high dewpoints for that time of year made it stand out even more.

- June 13 tornado warned supercell.  Stood outside my door as it passed by.  No tornado locally, but got some gusty RFD winds

- June heat spell

- Pre Xmas storm/cold stretch.  Obviously the snow part could've been much better, but the cold was very significant for any time of year let alone around the solstice.  Perfectly timed for Christmas.

[Chicago Storm]

The June 13th Chicago metro supercell is probably the only noteworthy local event of the year in my book.

[Hoosier]

24 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said:

The June 13th Chicago metro supercell is probably the only noteworthy local event of the year in my book.

Reposting that bad boy

[cyclone77]

The birdfart tor that missed 1 mile north of here in March.  Had 70mph winds here briefly with that.

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

[hawkeye_wx]

I remember the drought.  While 2012 was, by far, the driest of the last fifteen years, 2022 was my second driest, just barely edging out 2021.  We really need to ditch this la nina drought crap.

Overall, it was a forgettable year, weather-wise.

Edit:  Of course, the Christmas cold and official blizzard here in Cedar Rapids was one of the bigger events in 2022.

[RogueWaves]

Cooler and tolerable summer. Hardly ran the A/C which was nice. Too much gives me sinus issues. One strong T-storm the entire warm season. Combined with C-19 last January, 2022 is a most forgettable year. Goodbye and good riddance!

Edit: First White Christmas in 5 years was good too ofc 

[michsnowfreak]

2022 yearly total precipitation in Wyandotte 25.68". (This includes the 1.16" that fell on Dec 30/31 which was incredibly the 2nd heaviest fall of the year). This is my driest year on record since I have been keeping track, starting in 2000. My previous driest was 28.42" in 2005. Total snowfall for the year was 45.7", so a normal snow year despite the drought.

 

At Detroit officialy, the total precipitation was 24.31", making it the 10th driest year on record and the driest since 1971 (this includes the 1.12" that fell on Dec 30/31, incredibly the 2nd heaviest fall of the year, and it bumped DTW from 7th to 10th driest). Total snowfall for the year was 44.2", so a normal snow year despite the drought. Days with snow covering the ground was a few days more than normal actually. 

 

 

[michsnowfreak]

22 hours ago, RogueWaves said:

Cooler and tolerable summer. Hardly ran the A/C which was nice. Too much gives me sinus issues. One strong T-storm the entire warm season. Combined with C-19 last January, 2022 is a most forgettable year. Goodbye and good riddance!

Edit: First White Christmas in 5 years was good too ofc 

 Don't forget Christmas 2020, it was like a postcard!

[RogueWaves]

17 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

 Don't forget Christmas 2020, it was like a postcard!

Not for me back in Marshall. Tho I got to see it visiting my sister's place in Birch Run. 

[michsnowfreak]

2 hours ago, RogueWaves said:

Not for me back in Marshall. Tho I got to see it visiting my sister's place in Birch Run. 

 I always forget when you moved to Southeast Michigan.

[michsnowfreak]

Highlights each month of 2022. Very hard most months due to a boring year lol.

 

Jan- back to back clippers Jan 23-24 dropped nearly 6" ahead of bitter cold

 

Feb- Yet another snowy February. A two wave storm Feb 2/3 still dropped 9" despite overall bust; whiteout LES Feb 13; winter storm on Feb 17-18 ends up being the biggest precip maker of the entire year with 1.39" precip, 6.8" snow.

 

Mar- morning snow (1.4") with temps in teens saw temp skyrocket to mid 40s in a few hours

 

Apr- largest flakes I ever saw on Apr 3. Like feathers. Mesolow dropped a quick 2"; for the 3rd year in a row a scenic late Apr snow (2.4" on Apr 18)

 

May- 1st 90 of year on May 31

 

Jun- low of 49 on 19th gave way to 96° on 21st

 

Jul- majority of July had comfortable humidity

 

Aug- heavy tstorm Aug 21 (1.10") was literally the first downpour all summer

 

Sep- last day of summer high 89, first day of fall high 65

 

Oct- Beautiful color season with peak color mid to late October; moderate burst of wet snow Oct 20

 

Nov- arctic front on Nov 19 dropped a quick 1.8" of snow with below zero wind chills

 

Dec- blizzard conditions Dec 22 with arctic front, wind chills -30, very drifty 2.4" snowfall; Woke up to a fresh surprise 2" of snow Christmas morning.

[Geoboy645]

2022 was basically dead average at Madison. Ended with a yearly mean of 47.0 compared to the 30 year avg of... 47.0. Total rainfall was 37.37" which was all of .24" above normal. To have two stats end up right at the average is pretty hard to do, especially nowadays. Now granted, if you compare our 37 inches of rain to our pre-1990 precipitation state it ends up being one of the wetter years on record. Shows how much wetter we have become over the last 30 years. 

Top 8 events personally in no particular order:

1. Early Summer heat. The mid-May heatwave broke several daily records and included a 3-day stretch of 90+ degree highs in mid-May which is insane. Also included one of Madison's earliest 70+ degree lows as well. The mid-June heatwave wasn't as significant with anomalies and records, but did feature our first 96+ degree high since 2012. We were actually keeping pace with 2012 for 90 degree highs at one point before the pattern switched and we ended up being like the only area in the entire country to have a normal summer.

2. March and April rain. After a very dry January and February the pattern flipped with the storm on 3/5. The next month and a half was very wet, especially in the northeastern part of Wisconsin. Green Bay ended up recording their wettest March on record and had over 9.5 inches of rain in a month and a half. It seemed like there were puddles on campus for 3 weeks straight. It just never stopped raining.

3. Sunny January. Last January seemed to be way more sunny than usual because it was so dry. We had what seemed like a week straight of sun or near sun, which is very unusual for January. Especially considering it really wasn't that cold out either.

4. 6/15 Tornado Outbreak. June 15th was a pretty significant severe weather day. While it ended up being kind of a bust, it was still one of GRB's largest tornado outbreak days  and was our first 15% tornado risk since 7/19/19. Ended up with 13 tornadoes. 2 EF2's, 10 EF1's and 1 EF0. The Wyeville EF2 ended up tracking almost 23 miles, becoming Wisconsin's longest-tracked tornado since Chetek in 2017.

5. 10/12 Tornado Outbreak. A very unusual mid-October tornado outbreak. A very strange event. Came out of nowhere with no real indications for tornadoes that day with highs only in the 50's and 60's and rain. Only occurred over about an hour or so. Ended up with 7 EF0's including Milwaukee County's first tornado since 2000.

6. Late October and early November warmth. For the third year in a row we had significant warmth in late October and Early November. Had 3 seperate periods of consecutive 70 degree highs and ended up breaking a few daily records. It was very nice to be able to do outdoor stuff so late in the year, again. Not as crazy as November 2020, but overall still pretty unusual. The fact that this is the 3rd year in a row we have had 70+ degree highs as late as the 2nd week of November is crazy as well.

7. Pre-Christmas storm. While not super special in the snow department with only getting about 5 inches of snow, but the combination of blowing snow and temperatures was easily our most significant since Feburary 2019. Led to our first legit white christmas in 6 years. I am really glad that we didn't end up having the predicited snow totals from those earlier runs. We'd probably have been still digging out until this last weekend even with the warm temperatures. 

8. September Cutoff Low. Was a pretty significant rain event in the SE of the state. Rain totals over 2 inches occurred over most of the state, with areas of 5+ around Milwaukee and 9+ north of Racine. Wasn't that big of a flooding event outside of Racine however, as the dry antecedent conditions meant that soils and rivers were able to take in most of the rain with only a few small rises.