michsnowfreak

a bit earlier

I'm at 4.2". just had to shake snow off my white pine.

You get the bonus of snow starting at night. Our snow started at 12:30 p.m. and did not start sticking until around 5:00 p.m.

Thank you. seeing it in person was crazy. the trees are sagging.

Honestly though the scenes were unreal with the blossoming trees. You almost never see scenes like this.

individual pics

The scenes are just amazing tonight.

over 3" now. it's gorgeous outside. I've never seen scenes like this with snow just bending the flowering trees.

Snow began here around 1pm, about 4 hours earlier than I expected.

And again, biggest of season

that's incredible

prior to today Kansas City only received 12.0" for the season, and 2.7"+ would be their biggest snow.of the season.

We think alike lol

It is indeed a massive difference. Even Apr 15 to Apr 20 is a huge difference. In 130 years of record (since 1891) Toledo has seen a 1"+ snowfall only 4 times on or after April 20. 4.0" Apr 23-24, 2005 4.0" May 9, 1923 2.0" Apr 21, 1922 1.3" May 6-7, 1989 In 140 years of record (since 1881) Detroit has seen a 1"+ snowfall only 8 times on or after April 20. 6.0" May 9, 1923 5.0" May 21-22, 1883 4.3" Apr 23-24, 2005 3.0" Apr 29, 1909 1.7" Apr 23-24, 1967 1.5" May 13, 1912 1.2" Apr 20, 1947 1.0" Apr 22, 1911 *Note. per newspaper reports Toledo saw 3" during the unprecedented May 21/22 1883 storm, but records did not yet exist.

Looking like extreme SE MI will get in on the snow band. The question is, how much accumulation?

Hilarious isn't the word I'd use lol. But actually, last spring each accumulating snowfall of April 15, April 17, and May 10 hit the southeast burbs of Detroit harder than north.

I'm surprised you still had leaves on the trees on Thanksgiving! We did have some late clinging colorful leaves Nov 11, 2019 which was surreal with 9" of snow. Spring-wise, the late green up in 2020 meant only the early flowers were up for the snows of Apr 15 & 17, and while the trees had begun by the May 10th snow, it melted in a few hours.

One more to add. May 21-22, 1883: 5.0” April 29, 1909: 3.0” April 22, 1911: 1.0” May 13, 1912: 1.5” May 9, 1923: 6.0” Apr 20, 1947: 1.2" April 23-24, 1967: 1.7” April 23-24, 2005: 4.3”

Are you referring to Nov 11, 2019?

wait until it gets closer to see the track

That sort of happened here on April 15th last year. Very heavy burst of snow midday dropped about 1.5" for an instant Winter wonderland. By evening it was back to Spring. On April 17th however, the 3.4" that fell was an absolute Winter wonderland in the morning and it did turn slushy late in the day however we still had about 2" left that froze solid. So the morning of the 18th you could walk on 2" of ice crust . By afternoon however Spring had returned

A lesser known, less widespread, but even more impressive snowfall hit May 21st 22nd 1883. It is by far the latest measurable snowfall Detroit. It appears that the accumulating snow was confined to Southeast Michigan and Ohio. Reports include 5" at Detroit, 3" at Toledo, and 1.5" at Cincinnati. Due to this being in the early days of weather records there is not too much written about the storm other than what was the newspaper's, but it was noted that the snow did cause damage to the fully leafed trees. Detroits top 10 largest post-Apr 20 snowfalls on record...140 years of record...indeed this could be historic. 6.0" - May 9, 1923 5.0" - May 21/22, 1883 4.3" - Apr 23/24, 2005 3.0" - Apr 29, 1909 1.7" - Apr 23/24, 1967 1.5" - May 13, 1912 1.2" - Apr 20, 1947 1.0" - Apr 22, 1911 0.5" - May 10, 2020 0.5" - Apr 20, 1943 0.5" - May 10, 1902

wow..they are all in!

It was noted in the newspaper articles that vegetation was behind schedule so there was not excessive damage due to the storm. Here's a picture from grand circus park in Detroit, May 9, 1923

As we all know I'm not a spring lover, but I do love the white flowering pear trees (even though they smell like semen lmao), weeping cherry blossoms, and red buds.