Winter 2025/26 Banter Thread

[michsnowfreak]

2 hours ago, McHenrySnow said:

And ftr, I do realize my data set is very limited, so not making huge extrapolations off of 5 years, just generally commenting on what has happened thus far. 

What goes up must come down. The region saw a slew of unusually snowy winters in the 2000s-10s. Many areas of the Great Lakes and northeast saw their snowiest decade on record in the 2010s. It was an unrealistic pace that came down.

Avg annual snowfall at Detroit is around 43". The past 10 years averaged 39.1" but the previous 10 years 53.3".

Avg annual snowfall at Chicago is around 37". The past 10 years averaged 31.9" but the previous 10 years 46.9".

[IWXwx]

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

We're not the only ones dealing with long term drought

 

A couple of brush fires and a stiff onshore wind would burn down half of the state.

[cyclone77]

19 minutes ago, IWXwx said:

A couple of brush fires and a stiff onshore wind would burn down half of the state.

Hopefully all this smoke goes north into Canada as payback for all the past summers of smoky skies lol.

[roardog]

52 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

Hopefully all this smoke goes north into Canada as payback for all the past summers of smoky skies lol.

Apparently it doesn’t matter if Canada has a dry, wet, cold or warm winter, as soon as there’s a warm day in the spring the entire country spontaneously combusts every year.