michsnowfreak

No, but he recorded White Christmas on a sweltering summer day in 1942.

Light dusting of snow last night. Cold wintry day today with slate gray skies and temps hovering in the upper 20s. Nov 6.6", Dec 0.6" (mby) Nov 7.1", Dec 0.7" (DTW)

Decided to look up a few Chicago stats as well concerning snow cover. The following are the latest dates of the first obs time 1"+ snow depth. Feb 3 2013 Jan 16 2002 Jan 15 1937 Jan 8 1944 Jan 7 1940 Jan 7 1913 Jan 4 2015 Jan 2 1987

Got the kitchen sink here but only a trace of snow sleet accumulation. Wasn't really expecting much but had hoped for at least some white. Season sits at 7.1", of which 6.6" fell in Nov. DTW is at 7.7", of which 7.1" fell in Nov. Still plenty of December left, especially with a post Christmas pattern change looming, but if we end up with more snow in November than December, that will be the 5th time in the past 8 years that has happened.

Detroit officially has had 8 days this season with measurable snow (6 in Nov, 2 in Dec).

Wow those pics are insane. So sad

As beavis noted it was started in September, and at this point, it is mainly the "Winter short/medium range discussion" thread that is used for pattern discussions.

Many La Nina winters are notorious for extreme roller coasters.

Lol I wouldn't say it's going to be hot and dusty.

Lol nah id give everyone snow...just me the most. Again just to clarify I was merely pointing out that the fact that Chicago has not seen ANY measurable snow is more flukey than anything. Locally, it's been an odd potion lately of snowy November's, blahh December's, and snowbelt February's

Oh I agree. I was using it as an example. It's a bit fluky that Chicago has not seen 0.1" of snow yet when place is much further south have, but I don't feel it's cause for worry.

Detroit, similar climate to Chicago, is more than double average snowfall to date. And how many unusually early and late season snowfalls has this region seen in recent years? There is nothing pointing towards a late first measurable snow being the new norm for Chicago anymore than their recent Halloween snowstorm being a new norm.

I forgot to mention so I'll mention now. Both the November 27th snowstorm and the December 5th rainstorm far exceeded forecast qpf locally. I am not just referring to a placement of a convective band or something, the systems turned out much more precipitation than was forecast. I bring it up because I figure this may be something to watch this Winter for some snowy surprises. The 4" Nov 27 snowfall saw 0.42" of liquid when all model QPF ranged from 0.1 to 0.25". As I recall modeled QPF for the rain on the 5th was between 0.25 and 0.5 but we ended up a 0.71".

Had some blinding cellular snow squalls dot the area yesterday. Near white outs, then sun. I picked up 0.4" on the day, 7.1" on the season. DTW had 0.2", with 7.6" on the season. Missed a very hvy squall about 3 miles to my south in the evening, but it's nice to see the lakes churning again.

Nice to hear from you again!

Lol only 27 more days to test this theory.

I'm definitely ready for a big event. I didn't time the events but we had a few hrs of heavy snow here with the first storm (4 incher). It made for amazing scenes with christmas decor. I'd have to imagine big events are coming for the sub..but as you said...have to smell the rain. So when and where tbd.

We just had a snowy week last week lol. Not a big storm...but starting the snow season well above normal when most aren't. Clearly I want snow not warmth, but laying down needed snow to the north is not a bad thing in early December.

After 4-5 days of winter wonderland the snow entirely vanished overnight and the sw wind is screaming. Few piles left tho.

Wait...you moved to Denver!?

Yes, I bought it in the Spring so this was my 1st fall and it did not disappoint. It turns various colors.

Interesting data, I just looked it up and yes typically the 2 cities follow each other. I looked up all of the Novembers without measurable snow in Detroit, and only one of them had meaningful snowfall at Chicago, 1896 with 4.2".

Yup! In this picture from last night. On the left hand side is a Norway spruce, white pine, and Birch. Then I have a huge Fur tree of some kind. To the right of that you see an autumn blaze Maple. Out of shot of the picture are two young trees, a balsam fir and a spruce. To the right of the walkway you see a young baby balsam Fir and to the left is the red pine pictured above.

Red pine. Got it from up north. As if I didn't have enough trees in my backyard already lol.

1990s Decembers sucked here lol although of course I know your post was partially in jest. I cannot figure out why we have no problem lately getting unusually early snows, unusually late snow is, weenie heaven February's but December is often meh. But actually it would not be wise to write-off this December, the weeklies for the most part looked good.