January 2026 General Discussion

[Brian D]

Extreme Precip amounts

[Brian D]

Top 10 extreme precip events

[BeastFromTheEast]

Going to see some classic sublimation of the local snowpack the next few days. 
 

sunny, dry, and enough wind 

[A-L-E-K]

north dakota climo

[sbnwx85]

0.01" of precipitation recorded at South Bend today. 0.8" of snow. Just your typical 80:1 snow-to-liquid ratio.

[A-L-E-K]

The Toronto les event really banged huh

 

Class city, happy for em

[Snowstorms]

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

The Toronto les event really banged huh

 

Class city, happy for em

Yeah some parts of the city got 24-28". A historic lake effect snow event. 

It is now the snowiest January on record at YYZ. 

[michsnowfreak]

0.4" of snow today. Measurable snow has fallen on 14 of the past 15 days. Deep winter continues. 

January snowfall imby 17.6" and season to date 34.9". DTW Jan is 17.1" and season to date 33.9".

[cyclone77]

15 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

0.4" of snow today. Measurable snow has fallen on 14 of the past 15 days. Deep winter continues. 

January snowfall imby 17.6" and season to date 34.9". DTW Jan is 17.1" and season to date 33.9".

Looks pretty sweet.  Looked like that here too a few months ago.

However, the current state of things..

 

[Brian D]

Pixie dust falling today. "T" day. Chilly out with -sd's/-10's this morning. Ely/Seagull Lake areas were in the -20's. Looks like the Bemidji/Park Rapids areas were as well. 

But this will be more like it, and might even get an inch of snow Sun.  

[Brian D]

Well ahead of the curve with Lake ice.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

MSP eeked out a low of -1 this morning. We’ve now had a low temperature at or below zero for 14 of the past 15 days. 

[beavis1729]

40 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

MSP eeked out a low of -1 this morning. We’ve now had a low temperature at or below zero for 14 of the past 15 days. 

That’s very impressive, especially with the significant UHI at MSP. Of course there’s snow cover there and upstream, which helps…and the nights are still fairly long.

What’s your current snow depth, and what was the max depth this season?

[cutlew]

That’s very impressive, especially with the significant UHI at MSP. Of course there’s snow cover there and upstream, which helps…and the nights are still fairly long.
What’s your current snow depth, and what was the max depth this season?

Officially 2” otg at MSP, max was 10” back in mid December. We’ve slowly inched our way back down and flirted with bare ground a few times but got the surprise post Christmas storm and some little snows to keep us with some snow.


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[michsnowfreak]

Sun is out today. While Chicago sees LES, this will be our first day in 17 days with no snow falling. 

[Brian D]

-sd's along the shore with -10's/-20's inland. Some -30's near the border with Seagull Lake the winner at -38. After tomorrow morning, we should be back to avg temps for a while (20's/+/-sd's). 1-2" snowfall expected Sun, so that'll be a nice change. 

[cyclone77]

-6 here this morning.  9th subzero day of the month.

[beavis1729]

26 minutes ago, cutlew said:

Officially 2” otg at MSP, max was 10” back in mid December. We’ve slowly inched our way back down and flirted with bare ground a few times but got the surprise post Christmas storm and some little snows to keep us with some snow.


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Wow, that’s surprising how low the depth is. Sorry to hear that. I guess even MSP isn’t immune to maintaining a healthy snow cover, even during the heart of winter. The depth has actually decreased by 4” since 1/1, even with a cold January and 4.1” of snowfall during the month (that’s a very low snowfall amount, but you’d think it would have helped at least maintain the 6” depth from 1/1).

There were a few mild days earlier in the month, plus the MSP urban environment probably doesn’t help. Ugh…we need to get past this dry/chinook pattern. Obviously it has been cold recently, but the angle of the cold is all wrong. I used to laugh when Joe Bastardi would say that, but it’s true. This is why you need to build up a snow cover early in the season, to withstand the inevitable dry periods.