michsnowfreak

Mild isnt detrimental to snow here in more northern climates, but its a completely different type of winter. Highlights of 2022-23 would be that we had 5" of snow on the ground Christmas morning, and between January-March we saw 3 different 5-7" snowstorms, a huge ice storm, and other smaller snowfalls. But we also had several multiple-week stretches of bare ground and mild temps. So far, 2025-26 has been good for cold and snowcover here but without big storms. Snow has fallen on 28 of the 41 days since November 26, and snow has been on the ground since Thanksgiving weekend with the exception of Christmas week (lol). Looking at the long range, I wouldnt necessarily assume a dry January. Im not looking forward to the thaw this week but am liking mid-Jan into Feb for here.

At Detroit, 2025 did finish slightly warmer than avg (51.1F), but it was nearly 3F colder than the warmest year on record of 2024, and it was also the coldest year since 2019. Precip was below avg (29.81") and it was the driest year since 2022. Snowfall was ever-so-slightly below avg, but in the avg vicinity, at 40.1". It was the snowiest year since 2022. It was the most snow-covered year (59 days 1"+) since 2015, despite no warning criteria snowstorms. In fact, the max calendar day snowfall (3.2") was the lowest since 2001. Max/Min was 95/-3

2022-23 was an interesting winter here in the southern Great Lakes. There were multiple good snowstorms (mostly wet snow) and a bad ice storm, plus a frigid and snowy Christmas week. But overall it was a very mild winter.

So very sorry

Tough one. Id say probably either the Blizzard of 1999 or the storm of Jan 6, 2014. The 2014 storm was incredible in how the temp just flash froze everything into place when it dropped to -14F following the storms passage. Blizzard of 1999 id like to relive so I can observe the details more. I remember it well, but I remember mostly after the fact, only a bit during it. But it goes without saying, id sacrifice it all to relive the entire winter of 2013-14.

I had been promising my nephew to go sledding most of December but was always so busy with the Christmas stuff. Now January - March can really kick into high gear for winter fun. Locally, its been a good winter for cold and snowcover, just not big storms - the ground has been white since Thanksgiving weekend with the exception of Christmas week lol. Hoping after this weeks thaw winter really digs back in.

Daily dustings of snow the first 3 days of January (0.5, 0.3, 0.2). Went sledding with a nephew today, perfect winter day for it.

The warm, snowless start to the season in the West is remarkable and highly unusual. Though I do have to say...with a few exceptions, its very rare to have a "good" winter simultaneously in both the east and west. The term "good" being subjective and relative to one's climate of course. No matter what any given winter in southeast Michigan does relative to climo, it will always be a bad winter to a snow weenie in Marquette and a good winter to a snow weenie in DC. The trough/ridge alignment is a huge part of how weather works. I know very little about past winters in the west, but i read a story once about repeated blizzards in the winter of 1948-49. That was a horrid, mild, snowless winter here.

I was 15 and remember it like yesterday. It was an incredible storm on the heels of a nearly snowless November/December.

As I highly suspected and noted weeks ago....with cold entrenched over the Great Lakes & northeast, we would undoubtedly hear more about warm anomalies elsewhere.

Ive loved it...though I do want a big storm.

Indeed a strong El Nino would usually be a torch December in Michigan, and likely the warmest month of an overall mild winter. This December was 4-5° colder than avg.

Picked up another half inch of fluffy snow last night and another 0.2" this morning. So sparkly. At 18.0" on the season now, DTW at 17.5".

The New Years Eve snow dropped anywhere from 1.5-3" in southeast MI. It was glittery and beautiful. Both here & DTW picked up 2.1" last evening. Its incredible how well we do the nickel and dime. Now time for a big one. December snow totaled 11.6" here, season to date 17.3". At DTW December snow totaled 10.9" with 16.8" season to date.

The extraordinary warmth in the mountain west is impressive and thankfully far away. 90+ percent of the people who post on this forum had a solidly colder than avg December.

Agree. If we can kick off cold with a big storm than get a cold clipper pattern, that's all good.

0.3" of snow then some freezing drizzle. Second round of snow this afternoon/evening looks better. We are nickel and diming like a boss so far this winter lol.

Definitely can't say the storm was boring here. 0.77" of rain. Temps shot up to 60 with dewpoint of 59 (dtw 61/59) late sunday evening, then crashed to the low 20s with wind chills near 0 by sunrise Monday. Snow squalls and nonstop blowing snow all day yesterday, gusts 45-55mph, snowfall amounted to 1.8" here. So snow had been on the ground continuously from November 29 to December 20, melted 5 days before Christmas, and white ground returned 3 days after. Can't make it up.

Snowin and blowing away. Winter quickly has returned.

DTW peaked at 61F at 9pm. Temp fell from 59F at midnight to 23F at 8am. Wind chills are currently around 0F with snow squalls approaching.

Nice! Im staying in Newberry Feb 18-21 but will be going to different areas.

Weeklies continue to show cold in the Great Lakes the entire run. The widespread cold signal for Jan 19-26 is very stark for so far out.

Lol hey! Seriously though, no one should care about anyone's backyard but their own. I was actually a bit surprised how quickly Chicago lost their snow, as evidenced by the mid-december appearance of beavis. Despite season to date being 17.4" at ORD & 12.9" at DTW....ORD has only had 15 days with 1"+ snowcover vs 20 days at DTW. These type of winters typically give a big storm or two to DTW, so we will see what the season brings.

DTW was 43 at 6pm and 57 at 7pm

That's what im hoping. Just need to get snow back and then it can stay cold cold cold. We had snow on the ground from Nov 29 thru Dec 20. Now the ground has been bare a week and those high dews with tonight's storm will even nuke any remaining piles til the arctic front and snow squalls tmrw.