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January 2023 General Discussion


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For Detroit. With a mean temp of 33.5°, Jan 2023 will tie with 1890 & 1990 for 6th warmest jan on record. Technically, 2023 was a fraction colder than each of those, but rounded to a tenth of a degree it ties. It was 3.2° colder than the warmest Jan on record. Total snowfall of 11.7", while a few inches below the current Jan normal, is incredibly an inch ABOVE the longterm avg. Season to date snowfall is 19.2". Last Jan was 27th coldest on record, over 13° colder than this Jan.

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A lot of areas got lucky in January with a top 10 warmest month still managing to produce monthly snowfall amounts anywhere from just a couple inches below average to a couple inches above average.  Certainly wouldn't want to roll the dice on that over and over again.  

One place that stands out is Dayton, OH.  Finished +8.1 and had 2" above their average January snowfall.  Pretty impressive.  That's not Marquette, Michigan or some other far northern location where it's easier to get away with big warmth.

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9 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

A lot of areas got lucky in January with a top 10 warmest month still managing to produce monthly snowfall amounts anywhere from just a couple inches below average to a couple inches above average.  Certainly wouldn't want to roll the dice on that over and over again.  

One place that stands out is Dayton, OH.  Finished +8.1 and had 2" above their average January snowfall.  Pretty impressive.  That's not Marquette, Michigan or some other far northern location where it's easier to get away with big warmth.

Shows that it doesn't have to be wal to wall cold, just cold enough at the right time to get snow.

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19 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

A lot of areas got lucky in January with a top 10 warmest month still managing to produce monthly snowfall amounts anywhere from just a couple inches below average to a couple inches above average.  Certainly wouldn't want to roll the dice on that over and over again.  

One place that stands out is Dayton, OH.  Finished +8.1 and had 2" above their average January snowfall.  Pretty impressive.  That's not Marquette, Michigan or some other far northern location where it's easier to get away with big warmth.

As mentioned, Detroit tied for 6th warmest...but the snow ranked 60th snowiest out of 143 years.

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40 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

As mentioned, Detroit tied for 6th warmest...but the snow ranked 60th snowiest out of 143 years.

The January mean temp was 33.5 at DTW.  Here are snowfall amounts for the Januaries that had a mean temp of at least 33 degrees, in order from warmest January

1880:  0.5"

1932:  0.9"

2006:  5.0"

1933:  0.4"

1890:  1.6"

1906:  7.3"

1990:  4.0"

2023:  11.7"

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On 1/29/2023 at 6:49 PM, michsnowfreak said:

When I drove by this huge snowman, along a main road, this afternoon, I literally lol'd and had to turn around for a pic. Wish I got a better one.

 

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My sister and her fam made one that included some sizeable boobs as well, lol. Back in the 90's iirc

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