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Read this over the weekend... Consistent snow cover through the first 12 days of December has happened only four other times since 1938. Cleveland hasn’t seen bare ground since Thanksgiving, with snow remaining on the ground through every day of December so far — an early-season stretch that has happened only a handful of times in the city’s recorded history. Climate records from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport since 1938 show that Cleveland has had consistent snow cover from Dec. 1 through Dec. 12 in only four other years: 1958, 1974, 1976 and 2002. Snow-on-the-ground measurements come from a single site at Cleveland Hopkins Airport, where trace readings can occur even when substantial snow remains on the ground elsewhere in the region. The four Decembers that began with snow on the ground for all 12 of the month’s opening days did not all unfold the same way. In 1958, snow remained on the ground for nearly the entire month, finishing with 24 days of snow cover. In 1974, 1976 and 2002, snow lingered well into mid-December before warmer stretches briefly erased it, preventing those months from rivaling the most snow-dominant Decembers overall. In other words, an early lock-in doesn’t guarantee a snow-covered Christmas — but it does tilt December toward a more wintry-than-usual outcome. Historically, the most snow-dominant Decembers — measured by days with snow on the ground — include 1963 and 2010, when snow cover lasted 25 days, and 1958, 1989 and 2000, each with 24 days. But for those who feel like winter arrived early this year and never really loosened its grip, the data supports that impression — and shows just how rarely December begins this way.

Wow. That has to be near record early for that much ice on 12/15. We have an excellent snowpack out there... too bad it turns warm later this week.

Same measurements here. Should see an uptick in the snow this morning. Shorter fetch and dry arctic are not the best combo for heavy snow.

Looking forward to a snowy weekend. We've had a great start to Winter... best I can remember in quite some time. Going to enjoy the deep snow pack this weekend before the warm up next week.

The local snow gradient is quite noticeable over short distances. The corridor from Rt.87 south to 422 seems to have the most amount of snow on the ground. Thankfully I'm sandwiched right between that area

The few events we've had favored areas that cash in on a NW wind direction. The Bentleyville/Solon area seems to be ground zero. Payback for all the events that have a due westerly wind we miss out on

Picked up just under 2" from the snow yesterday evening and overnight. Nice LES band on the west side. None of the high res models seem to have that.

It was RN/SN mix earlier this morning now its primarily snow. Not much accumulation with temps above freezing but the roads are slushy.

12z high res models are pretty snowy for the higher elevations east of the city. Wonder how long we can hang on to snow tomorrow before changing to rain.

Excellent AFD from OHWeather. Worth a read - https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=CLE&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off

Shame to be on the warm side of the low. Hopefully it continues to trend further south as we get closer. Definitely more chances for snow as we get into the weekend.

I use https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/?parms=CLE-N0B-0-24-100-usa-rad

Cool to see several meso lows over the lake...

3"+ so far. Looks like deep winter out there. Excellent start to Winter.

Picked up 2.5" last night... nice surprise.

10” total so far. Looks like the hrrr was on to the southern band placement. Not sure how much more we’ll see today. The snow is very dense for lake effect.

Yeah the hrrr has been locked in with that band placement today. Not sure if it has a southern bias but we still have some wiggle room out this way at least. 8”+ looking likely.

Nice. I'll probably be sweating a little this far south in Geauga county.

Nice to wake up to this... looking like a snowy Thanksgiving day. HZ012>014-089-251430- /O.EXB.KCLE.WS.A.0006.251127T1200Z-251129T0000Z/ Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Ashtabula Lakeshore- Including the cities of Ashtabula, Jefferson, Willowick, South Russell, Roaming Shores, Eastlake, Middlefield, Wickliffe, Geneva, Mentor, Chardon, Bainbridge, Chesterland, Orwell, Willoughby, Conneaut, Burton, Andover, and Painesville 122 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Heavy lake effect snow possible. Total snow accumulations over 8 inches are possible. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. * WHERE...Ashtabula Inland, Ashtabula Lakeshore, Geauga, and Lake Counties.

Nice! I didn't measure until this morning so there has definitely been a lot of compaction since yesterday.

Closing in on 5". Much more on elevated surfaces... although the roads were pretty bad this morning.

1.5" overnight. We'll see what today/tonight delivers. Nice to see the snow again.

Seems like the models are shifting to a more NW wind direction. Still a long way out but some of the clown maps are interesting... CMC with a 2' bullseye over downtown.

This is a nice spread the wealth type lake effect event. Hopefully we can get a set-up like this when its cold enough for snow.

It has been a rough stretch from the westside of CLE on west to your area for sure. Hopefully more rain chances to come.