Hoosier Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 35 years ago, a major winter storm was pounding a large part of the area. This storm dumped 20.3" on Chicago, which is the 4th largest snowstorm on record there. It's only surpassed by the storms in January 1967, January 1999 and February 2011. For LAF, it was ice followed by a few inches of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Any idea on duration for the Chicago area? It had to be quite long with advection snows along the front early on cause just glancing at the UA maps, I wouldn't of guessed a 20" event here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yuck. I have a feeling SE MI folks would have hated the winter of 1978-79. Just 35.6" fell at DTW, despite it being the 11th coldest winter on record (note 1976-77 was 3rd coldest and 1977-78 6th coldest). Yet all those storms that slammed Chicago were rain ending as snow here. This actually was Detroits biggest snowstorm of the season at 6.1", but seeing that cutoff it looks like my area may have been royally screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Wow, Rockford really got the short end of the stick in the region! Almost looks out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Any idea on duration for the Chicago area? It had to be quite long with advection snows along the front early on cause just glancing at the UA maps, I wouldn't of guessed a 20" event here. I think MDW was still the official site so we'll use that... it snowed there continuously from 1 PM on the 12th through 2 AM on the 14th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 BTW...is there a website where you can generate maps for certain snow events like the one above? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 Wow, Rockford really got the short end of the stick in the region! Almost looks out of place. Probably a COOP timing issue. That minimum goes away if you use the 72 hour map ending on the 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 BTW...is there a website where you can generate maps for certain snow events like the one above? It's from the CIPS analog site. Just change the date in the link below. I think the data only back to 1979. http://www.eas.slu.edu/CIPS/ANALOG/IMAGES/COOP/72HR/1979/19790114_072_total.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 It's from the CIPS analog site. Just change the date in the link below. I think the data only back to 1979. http://www.eas.slu.edu/CIPS/ANALOG/IMAGES/COOP/72HR/1979/19790114_072_total.png Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Still hear stories about this one around here. My 2nd birthday party was postponed for a few days because of this storm. IIRC I-80 was shut down between Des Moines and Chicago after this storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 35 years ago, a major winter storm was pounding a large part of the area. This storm dumped 20.3" on Chicago, which is the 4th largest snowstorm on record there. It's only surpassed by the storms in January 1967, January 1999 and February 2011. For LAF, it was ice followed by a few inches of snow. 19790114_072_total.png Last weeks twin. The difference is the heaviest snows were a bit further east this go around. Near duplicate results here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I just read this on the IWX site. I would have been beside myself, invented the internet, formed a weather bb, started a complaint thread, and blown it up. On this day in weather history... 1979 -- Up to 20" of snow fell on northwest Indiana. South Bend reported 17.2", with 35 mph winds blowing it into eight foot drifts. 21" of snow buried Chicago in thirty hours. Fort Wayne received only one-third of an inch of snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yuck. I have a feeling SE MI folks would have hated the winter of 1978-79. Just 35.6" fell at DTW, despite it being the 11th coldest winter on record (note 1976-77 was 3rd coldest and 1977-78 6th coldest). Yet all those storms that slammed Chicago were rain ending as snow here. This actually was Detroits biggest snowstorm of the season at 6.1", but seeing that cutoff it looks like my area may have been royally screwed. I would say south of M59 Corridor SE MI folks would have likely spent a lot of time in the banter that winter but the northern burbs (M59) on to Saginaw areas had 50"+ winters ... this was a 12-18" storm northern burbs to Saginaw area. This is Flint's now #8 storm (#6 at that time) and Saginaw's #7 storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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