michsnowfreak

I think the entire eastern half of the US south of at least 45N has had a sh*t winter. It's not been as bad in SE MI as in SNE, but still. I'm at 19.8" season to date. There was a period of winter in mid November, Christmas week, and late Jan to early Feb. Snow blanketed the ground for a few days in mid Nov, for a week at Christmas (perfect timing) and for 17 straight days Jan into Feb. That's it. I spent lots of time outdoors the previous several weeks enjoying the snow and with it being sunny and dry this weekend I said "now that the weather is awful and sunny, I can get stuff done indoors" lol

Good post. Frustration for most is understandable but acting like everyone knows what's going to happen is just silly. None of us know what's going to happen but I do know that we have over 2 more months before we are out of the woods for accumulating snow potential.

2011-12 was the lowest snow season in my now 28 years of measuring snowfall. I finished with 25.5". It was certainly a terrible Winter but March was really the difference maker. Had it been even an average March the season would have blended in with just other subpar winters and not the stinker it is remembered for. While the final snowfall number is certainly what we all look at, a lot of other factors come in to play, like days with snow on the ground, how deep did the snow get at its deepest, what was the biggest storm, how cold, etc. I'm at 19.8" so far so technically I could still fall below 2011-12 but there really is a long way to go. Plus I've had a bigger storms and more days with snow on the ground than in 2011-12.

Meaning I have an 8 hour drive (staying in L'anse near the Keweenaw) And some sort of storm looks like a certainly statewide later Thursday into Thursday night.

Not sure how well it was in Toledo, but we had a 17 day in a row stretch here with snow on the ground (Jan 22 - Feb 7) and it was quite scenic most of the time. I spent tons of time outdoors. Now that the weather has turned awful and sunny, I'm getting stuff done inside

UP should add some snow in the coming weeks as well. It's a mild Winter for them too but the trails will be fine. I'm excited to head up there Thursday. Definitely a crap winter for Chicago but it certainly won't end up as the worst, New York actually has a legit shot at that though.

Thursday is my travel day to the UP. I may be leaving early in the morning

It's nice of you to be so active this month. You did not post at all the last few Februaries. I wonder why? You must have missed the post from a meteorologist explaining that the CFS site does not match up with weatherbell or other sites. I don't like palm trees unless I'm on a tropical vacation. I have plenty of conifers in my yard, more suited for the northern climate I live in. I would never waste my time to try and grow something thats suited for a climate with an annual temperature 20°+ warmer than my own.

We had accumulation here May 10, 2020

No, only for snowcover retention

Ready to be buried in March

With Detroit being at 19.3", even though it's only 5 more inches than Chicago, it really makes a difference in that there's a lot of years that we're at that point or lower by mid February. So it's not even worth looking up those stats for Detroit. However I did double check the Chicago stats just to see what years they were and I actually came up with 24 years not 22, And 3 years in the past 60 (you forgot 1997-98).

On Jan 25, Detroit got 6.5" of snow with a high/low of 33/32 and Toledo got 4.7" of snow with a high/low of 34/33. April powder storm incoming!

In 142 years of record, there have been 35 storms of 6"+ on/after March 1st at Detroit.

0.76" here. We briefly shot up to 55° before falling back down. I have just one snow pile left on the side of the driveway.

February 2021 had the biggest storm and the deepest snow cover of the past few years but your favorite storm would have likely been this Jan 25th. 85F is my comfort limit in summer lol.

The usual caveats apply, but the weeklies bring Winter back from late February lasting right through March

Here's a fun stat, and this will cover beavis' entire life. In the past 25 winters, 13 of the 25 saw double digit snow depth at Chicago. In the previous 25 winters before that, just 7 of the 25 saw double digit depths.

Actually I would use the 3 month window of DJF as our window for getting sustained snowcover. We can get snow way before and way after it but snow cover doesn't sustain itself as well. Recently we had the 9.2" snowstorm on November 11, 2019 and a 4.4" snowfall Apr 20, 2021. So the window is definitely there but obviously DJF is the best. Historically we've had some good March snowstorms but it's been awhile so we are due.

6" was constantly clogging my snow blower January 25th so I had no choice but to half shovel and half blow. I love any and all snow but wet snow is no joke to remove. Have to be careful.

This camera was a bust but I bet you it looks pretty in Dubuque. Probably looks like it looked here January 25th with deep wet snow caking to everything.

I'll be in the UP Feb 16-20 so it's hard to know what to root for lol.

This is classic. You don't want to include the 1880s, 1930s or 1950s because they skew things too warmly. But you wanna start at 1970 because it's realistic. Realistically the absolute coldest winters on record. It's also ironic that 1 unusually mild Winter is the "new normal" according to you but we can throw out whole decades that you don't like. Why don't we just start in 1990. You can watch the curve go up up as you've done since you grew up.

I'm glad I saw your reply because I was literally going to post the exact same thing. Anytime you want to see someone exaggerate the effects of climate change they're absolute number one job is to start a data set in 1970. By starting in the coldest decade on record you set an unrealistically cold baseline. The funny thing is for many in the Midwest and Great Lakes, the 1970s were not just the coldest decade (for winters) on record, they were *by far* the coldest on record.

The 1st step of what? Accepting cromarties constant trolling? I have no problem with our Winter climate here. We usually do fine whether it's a cold Winter or a mild Winter. The hot summers are what get on my nerves, But I will always be here to correct an inaccuracy when I see it.