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Winter 2025-26 Short Range Discussion


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14 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Michigan is probably just as LGBT friendly if not more than Illinois outside of Chicago. Chicago obviously is where it's at for the gay pride. I actually met @A-L-E-K at a baseball game years ago while i was in town and explored boystown after the game. 

that was awesome, we also had to evacuate to the inner concourse because a tor warned cell was rolling through

real powerful synergy in that moment

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17 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

Puppy bowl all day

I just turned to watch Bugs Bunny when the halftime show was on.

Nothing against the headline performer, but I'm an old skool R&B fan (in other words, my taste in music is simply not aligned with the 2026 mainstream audience). I didn't watch Kendrick Lamar's performance either last year.

The actual game was pitiful, although it is funny how badly Drake Maye was finally exposed after the run he had...

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8 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

that was awesome, we also had to evacuate to the inner concourse because a tor warned cell was rolling through

real powerful synergy in that moment

If you guys want to do a Sox/Tigers game sometime, I'd be down. Particularly on an Enhanced Risk day.

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Forgot about this one from several days ago, dusted by WAA snows, with 0.5" at ORD...

…2025/26 Season Snowfall...
32.1" - ORD
24.0" - RFD

Just shy of having the most snow in a season at ORD since 2021/22, and on pace to rank as the 3rd snowiest seasons since the back-to-back big snow seasons of 2013/14 and 2014/15.

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MKX's forecast for Madison implies MAYBE 2" at most, but multiple models now have us over 5" over the next 36 hours, approaching a foot just to the west.

Tonight
Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 5am. Low around 30. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
 
Friday
Snow likely, mainly before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
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South Bend picked up 9.2" from Sunday/Monday's lake effect snow event.

That brings the seasonal total to 91.1".

It is the 11th snowiest winter in South Bend history.

Monthly Total Snowfall for South Bend Area, IN (ThreadEx)
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.
1977-1978 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 30.3 33.6 86.1 16.6 5.1 T 0.0 0.0 172.0
1981-1982 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 9.1 41.3 41.3 19.2 10.2 14.0 0.0 0.0 135.2
1976-1977 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 21.6 37.6 37.2 13.9 15.8 2.3 0.0 0.0 129.2
1966-1967 0.0 0.0 T T 16.2 18.2 30.4 31.6 11.3 2.9 0.0 0.0 110.6
2013-2014 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 11.2 18.5 46.6 19.7 11.8 1.1 0.0 0.0 109.2
2010-2011 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 23.6 53.8 25.5 1.4 T 0.0 0.0 105.6
1962-1963 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.6 3.0 41.9 16.4 21.7 10.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 102.5
1978-1979 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 26.4 45.1 15.9 6.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 101.3
1959-1960 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1 8.7 12.4 28.3 33.9 0.7 T 0.0 95.1
2017-2018 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 32.4 22.0 29.6 7.6 1.5 0.0 0.0 93.1
2025-2026 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.1 10.0 38.6 15.4 M M M M 91.1

At home, I picked up 4.8", bringing my season total to 75.6"

This ties my personal record for the snowiest winter of my life. Congrats to me.

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MET Winter 2025-26 at Detroit
 

DJF avg temp: 25.2F (-3.2F)
43rd coldest out of 153 years
Coldest since 2014-15

Coldest temp: -10F on Jan 24
# of days with a low below 0F: 5 (most since 2018-19)
# of days with a low 9F or colder: 21 (most since 2014-15)
# of days with a low 32F or colder: 83 (most since 2013-14)
# of days with a HIGH 32F or colder: 45 (most since 2014-15)

DJF precip: 3.92” (-2.64”)
17th driest out of 153 years
Driest since 2020-21

DJF snowfall: 32.9” (-2.5”)
51st snowiest out of 153 years
Snowiest since 2020-21
Largest snowstorm: 6.1” – Jan 14/15
Season snowfall thru 2/28- 38.8” (+1.5”)

Days with 1”+ snowcover: 61 (most since 2013-14)
Days with 6”+ snowcover: 21 (most since 2014-15)
Peak snow depth: 9” (Jan 26, Jan 27, Jan 28, Jan 29, Feb 7)
19th most days with 1”+ snowcover out of 121 years

Insane stat- In a winter full of deep cold and white ground, we managed to touch 60F+ 3 times this cold winter. Each time was a very brief but rapid spike. While not close to the record of 7, these 3 days were spaced out one in each month DJF. This is only the 2nd time on record this occurred. The other time was a very warm winter (1889-90). 

Lets compare- In an era when everyone wants to compare things to CC, the irony is that this winter most closely resembled a handful of winters from the 1900s-1910s. The cold temperatures, frequent snowfall, and solid blanket of snow that covered the ground most of the time but without any huge storms, and with NO big precip makers, is a throwback to the colder, drier climate of that era. 

Two in a Row- This is the 2nd colder than normal winter in a row. Last winter finished 0.9F below avg and this one 3.2F below avg. Last winter saw average snowcover despite below avg snowfall, so this is also 2 years in a row where snow covered the ground in a greater capacity than would be expected with the amount of snow that fell.

If I had to guess- Ill say next winter locally will be milder with less snowcover but a bigger snowstorm than each of these past 2 winters.
 

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