michsnowfreak

It was neat to see but that kind of cold is brutal. It was hard to breathe. When I went out to clear my driveway I had ice on my face.

I'm not sure how far Windsor's records go back, but I do know that a huge warm spell hit the region from December 31, 1875 to January 2, 1876. It was the definition of irony in that 1875 was and still stands as by far the coldest year on record. It was unusually cold the entire year, then we get some crazy warm up on the last day of the year. My guess is that 19.4C (67°) at Windsor was Jan 1, 1876. Detroit hit 65 on December 31st, January 1st and 62 on January 2nd. Detroit's warmest January temperature is also 67ﾟ, but that was set to January 25, 1950. Ann Arbor recorded 72 on that day. If anyone in Canada managed to hit 20C it would likely have been Jan 25, 1950.

December is typically our cloudiest month in Detroit, but this December was even cloudier than normal. It's actually hard to get a cloudier month than this. The average sky cover at DTW was better than 9.3 out of 10.

Lol thanks. We all like different aspects of the weather. Just have to appreciate that other people like different things. Even if someone who lives in the cold Midwest prefers tropical weather all the time, I can appreciate that, just not if their sole purpose is to troll. (Wonder who I'm talking about lol). Honestly, the actual conditions last week were downright brutal and from a weather perspective you would have enjoyed it. Then a fresh surprise blanket of Christmas snow. Now after a week of deep winter it's GROSS outside. I would have easily sacrificed all the up-and-down active weather for just mundane run of the mill constant snow. January snow 2002 15.0 2003 13.9 2004 14.0 2005 26.9 2006 5.0 2007 6.4 2008 13.8 2009 25.2 2010 8.9 2011 17.9 2012 9.3 2013 10.0 2014 39.1 2015 14.2 2016 8.4 2017 11.8 2018 9.2 2019 14.2 2020 9.7 2021 6.4 2022 8.8

I always forget when you moved to Southeast Michigan.

January 2014 was the snowiest Jan on record with 39.1". However we actually finished with normal to above normal snowfall in January 2015, 2017, and 2019. But a majority of the time a lot of the activity comes the 2nd half of January. Below is the total snowfall at Detroit from January 15th through February 28th for the past 20 years. The average snowfall in that time frame is around 15", and actually the long term average is closer to 14". 2002- 19.1" 2003- 24.6" 2004- 7.1" 2005- 27.2" 2006- 8.0" 2007- 20.3" 2008- 32.2" 2009- 20.6" 2010- 27.8" 2011- 39.8" 2012- 16.0" 2013- 32.9" 2014- 40.0" 2015- 31.2" 2016- 11.6" 2017- 9.4" 2018- 26.6" 2019- 21.3" 2020- 22.0" 2021- 26.8" 2022- 26.4"

Don't forget Christmas 2020, it was like a postcard!

2022 yearly total precipitation in Wyandotte 25.68". (This includes the 1.16" that fell on Dec 30/31 which was incredibly the 2nd heaviest fall of the year). This is my driest year on record since I have been keeping track, starting in 2000. My previous driest was 28.42" in 2005. Total snowfall for the year was 45.7", so a normal snow year despite the drought. At Detroit officialy, the total precipitation was 24.31", making it the 10th driest year on record and the driest since 1971 (this includes the 1.12" that fell on Dec 30/31, incredibly the 2nd heaviest fall of the year, and it bumped DTW from 7th to 10th driest). Total snowfall for the year was 44.2", so a normal snow year despite the drought. Days with snow covering the ground was a few days more than normal actually.

The 2-day total of 1.12" rain at DTW was the 2nd highest of the year, behind only 1.29" during the Feb 17-18 rain/sleet/snowstorm. What a dry year it was.

Mid January thru February is our new golden period.

That's definitely a crazy stat.

According to Cromartie milwaukee is now DC. I guess DC better get ready for its cold records to fall like dominoes.

No, it's not normal. It's no more normal than -7ﾟ was a week ago. I'm just trying to figure out how one can have a negative temperature departure on the month if the month has been an endless torch.

Milwaukee is -1.4° on December. Definitely an endless torch

A week of a scenic Winter Wonderland, centered right on Christmas, is being torched away by a warm start to January. It's comical in the fact that this is the textbook scenario that so many of the general public wish for. Hope it doesn't last long. I absolutely will be laughing at every flake that falls in March and April.

The weather is always changing. The weather being warm for one or two weeks has nothing to do with the rest of the season, which is months.

They are both fast growing tree species (norway spruce and white pine) however the fact that they were planted as bare root saplings in 2018 and they are this big through the 2022 growing season it's crazy.

I can't even imagine what it was like in Buffalo. Everyone here was so focused on the total amount of snow, but the conditions themselves were brutal. When I was outside the evening of December 23rd trying to blow snow drifts out of my driveway it literally was hard to breathe when I came inside. In Buffalo you had those conditions AND feet of snow. Whether it was people who were trapped in their cars and froze to death or medical emergenciesthat first responders couldnt get too, had to be a terrifying way to die.

Had a little bit of filtered sun today for the 1st time and I don't know when. DTW sky cover for December is a very impressive 9.3 out of 10.

The 1st week of January is going to be a torch there is no doubt about it. But that has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the season

There's been no sun here in a while. Christmas was overcast with snow falling most of the day. I don't mind the overcast

Definitely muted due to a number of reasons. Mainly lake influence and a constant low overcast/snow, but also timing of the front. The high end December 23rd was 34 at midnight. Temperatures hovered between 0 and 1ﾟ for most of the day into the overnight of the 24th.

I think it goes without saying that this was more severe than your November storm despite November being the epic total. Kudos for getting a measurement and not giving up lol. I had a hard enough time here with 8 to 10" snow drifts in my yard with other spots 1". It would be very easy to inflate or low ball snow in those winds but I know you take care in your measurements.

Season to date snowfall imby 8.0" (Nov 2.9, Dec 5.1) and DTW 7.5" (Nov 2.5, Dec 5.0). I'm thinking they finish right around to very slightly warmer than average for Dec. No surprise, it's been an extremely overcast December. Through the 25th average sky cover is 9.2 out of 10.