michsnowfreak

I wish it was the Tigers...but enjoy!!!

Oh for sure. This is something a shocking number of people cant seem to grasp- that a mild seasonal mean doesnt mean no cold blasts or below avg days, it just means fewer.

41F at DTW this morning but 30s with the first frost in the rural and outlying areas.

The core of the most impressive anomalies in 1877-78 were in the far upper midwest and into Canada. It was and still is known as Minnesota's infamous "year without a winter". The temp departures, even against the current milder averages, are astounding, especially in northern Minnesota. Further east, it was a torch December here but only run-of-the-mill mild Jan/Feb, with quite a snowy stretch from late Jan to mid Feb. Detroit finished with 43.4", right around avg for snowfall, but snowfall was heavily confined to Jan-Feb, with only 1.0" in Nov, 1.9" Dec, T Mar and 0 Apr. It was certainly a mild winter in the east, but nothing like Minnesota.

Climate change autism on here is worse than snow autism. Any discussion of snow/cold (not in this thread, on any thread) hits a button with those who have cc autism. Last winter was especially brutal. There are only a small handful of posters on this board who only post about one thing and one thing only, and its not the snow crowd.

Absolutely stunning Fall day. Lots of color already. Peak may be a bit early this year.

Looks like a pretty pleasant month setting up in the southern Great Lakes, ie in the far eastern reaches of the Midwest lol. Colors rapidly popping, sunny with crisp chilly nights, temps oscillating between above and below avg.

Perfect autumn weather

The color is absolutely exploding. Crazy how it happens so quickly.

We see so many posts like that, some are trolling, some just unawareness, some maybe a combination of both. But the inability for some to differentiate between a seasonal mean and the actual day to day weather is wild. The weather ebbs and flows and changes on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. This shouldnt have to be explained repeatedly on a weather forum, but it does.

Fairbanks, AK saw the first measurable snow of the season September 30.

Happy October! My favorite color!

The yearly max/min temp is always a fun one to watch. In 2026, the max at Detroit was 97F and the min -10F. Even with a mild winter we will likely still go below zero. The avg temp for summer here is 72.3F and winter 28.4F, a difference of about 44F.

Again, completely different climate on the east coast vs Great Lakes. The least days with measurable snow on record at Detroit was in 1889-90, when just 15 days recorded measurable snow. But thats still 15 days where snowfall was measured. Even Detroit and Boston, which average near identical snowfall, are completely different climates, but I know further south in NYC its more extreme. All that said, I don't see how you could ever expect a snowless winter in NYC without everything going completely wrong, especially in a wet pattern. I mean, easily rain would dominate over snow. But snowless would be an extraordinary feat.

Though there have been several days of 50-52, yesterdays 47° at DTW was the first 40s since May 31st. Today was 49°.