3/15-3/16 Winter Storm

[sbnwx85]

It’s been snowing off and on all day but only about a half inch on the ground. 

[McHenrySnow]

Had really hoped it'd stay cloudier today than it has been. Sun angle is bad enough even with the clouds. Temps several degrees above forecast. 

[Geoboy645]

Looks like we ended up somewhere in the 10" range here. Very hard to tell exactly how much because of the drifting though. Sun is starting to peek through here, although we still have several hours of blowing snow to go before it finally calms down. Will be interesting to see how long this snowpack lasts both around here and in the extreme totals up north. With 3/25/23 it took about 5 days to melt everything but the largest piles. But that was a bit later in the year and a wetter snow with some rain as well on top of it. We are supposed to hit the 50s by Friday, but we will see how much the snowpack reinforces the cold air even with March sunlight. Crazy to think that this is about the same amount of sunlight that we had when were in the upper 80s in late September last year. All in all, a very memorable storm for the state of Wisconsin and one that will be talked about for a while like the 2018 storm.

[madwx]

The sun is out and things are drip drip dripping 

[cmillzz]

1 hour ago, DocATL said:

Right around 2 inches of cement…cool. 62° Friday, LFG.

Easily warmer than that.

[weatherbo]

Snow and wind have let up considerably with another 5-6" possible through the night.  Snow is too deep to walk or even snowshoe in, there's no power, and the road is closed for miles. 
Deepest snow I have ever seen. The house is almost buried.

[MJO812]

7 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

Snow and wind have let up considerably with another 5-6" possible through the night.  Snow is too deep to walk or even snowshoe in, there's no power, and the road is closed for miles. 
Deepest snow I have ever seen. The house is almost buried.

How much do you have ?

[weatherbo]

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

How much do you have ?

My 5' snow stake is buried but it read 44" before the storm, so well over 60"

[SchaumburgStormer]

Wind starting to whip a bit all the sudden 

[OrdIowPitMsp]

[MJO812]

40 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

My 5' snow stake is buried but it read 44" before the storm, so well over 60"

Awesome man 

[michsnowfreak]

49 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

How much do you have ?

Anthony. You MUST visit the U.P. in winter. Its incredible. 

[josh_4184]

55 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

My 5' snow stake is buried but it read 44" before the storm, so well over 60"

Hey Bo long time..... I was complaining early about clearing my 2' plus I received in the past 2 days. But have nothing compared to what your dealing with. 

[cmillzz]

On 3/14/2026 at 1:33 PM, McHenrySnow said:

If the current majority of models are to be believed, not a chance.

Looks like Green Bay had their second biggest snowstorm on record with 26.1" being the final tally, not too shabby.

[weatherbo]

19 minutes ago, josh_4184 said:

Hey Bo long time..... I was complaining early about clearing my 2' plus I received in the past 2 days. But have nothing compared to what your dealing with. 

2' is still a lot of snow especially this time of year when the thrill is def over.  At least we are only 6 weeks away from May.
MQT received 33.7" (LE- 3.79").  Probably nearing 40" out this way. Good to see you were spared the ice!

[IWXwx]

4 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Hi all, checking in from rural Marquette County.  Have received 30-35" on top of the 44"that was otg when this started.  Depth between 60-70".  Another foot possible.  
The snow has bridged to the roof.  

 

Wow!!! that's some amazing stuff right there. Good to hear from you. I was concerned, since you've been AWOL here all winter.

[josh_4184]

8 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

2' is still a lot of snow especially this time of year when the thrill is def over.  At least we are only 6 weeks away from May.
MQT received 33.7" (LE- 3.79").  Probably nearing 40" out this way. Good to see you were spared the ice!

Yes missed the ice by about 20 miles, although did get about 10" of sleet, never plowed such heavy stuff in my life. Def over winter, was down to about 12" OTG before this started was finally able to see my roof again now looks like mid January.  Ready for spring break in 2 weeks then will be in southern carribean. 

[laferri2]

This was at 11:30 this AM in Williamsburg, just outside of Traverse City. We had clear ground on Thursday morning. 

We've added another four inches since then and looking at maybe 6 more by the AM. Went out to snowblow and had to abandon it halfway through since I couldn't see through the snow. Had a fresh inch on the ground I had already done. 

Biggest snowstorm I have ever seen in my life. 

[madwx]

3 hours ago, Geoboy645 said:

Looks like we ended up somewhere in the 10" range here. Very hard to tell exactly how much because of the drifting though. Sun is starting to peek through here, although we still have several hours of blowing snow to go before it finally calms down. Will be interesting to see how long this snowpack lasts both around here and in the extreme totals up north. With 3/25/23 it took about 5 days to melt everything but the largest piles. But that was a bit later in the year and a wetter snow with some rain as well on top of it. We are supposed to hit the 50s by Friday, but we will see how much the snowpack reinforces the cold air even with March sunlight. Crazy to think that this is about the same amount of sunlight that we had when were in the upper 80s in late September last year. All in all, a very memorable storm for the state of Wisconsin and one that will be talked about for a while like the 2018 storm.

I want to say it'll be mostly melted except for the piles by saturday afternoon

[cmillzz]

5 minutes ago, madwx said:

I want to say it'll be mostly melted except for the piles by saturday afternoon

Going to be a huge temp gradient setting up this week between WI and IL

[RogueWaves]

20 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

What do you mean they use 6+ as standard? Id say its subjective. Woth xmacis, you can see a locations avg 1+, 3+, 6+ etc. This winter DTW had 21 days of depth 6"+

APX has chosen 6" as the min depth to tally-up on their snow page. They don't break it down lower. 

Most including West Branch already have more than a typical season total. Hope this explains.

[RogueWaves]

Just got the backside winds (50+ gusts) and squalls plus 1.5" of lake stuff that fell today. Could barely see across the street. Less than a week ago I was swinging my clubs in short sleeves. Since then 9.5" of snow and at least 0.25" of ice with some short-term bliz conditions for good measure.

Happy MET spring!

[codfishsnowman]

19 minutes ago, RogueWaves said:

Just got the backside winds (50+ gusts) and squalls plus 1.5" of lake stuff that fell today. Could barely see across the street. Less than a week ago I was swinging my clubs in short sleeves. Since then 9.5" of snow and at least 0.25" of ice with some short-term bliz conditions for good measure.

Happy MET spring!

Beautiful shot

[RogueWaves]

Last March it was more N Central and NEMI (NWMI was spared). This time its a coast-to-coast battle zone of ice that I will be commuting thru in the morning. Latest map (7 pm)

[cutlew]

So much snow in my hometown in WI they’re using this loader and a huge John Deere tractor with a silage blade to clear out. Roads impassable for regular snowplows.

[WestMichigan]

5 hours ago, weatherbo said:

My 5' snow stake is buried but it read 44" before the storm, so well over 60"

What is your seasonal total up there.  That is a phenomenal amount of snow.

[Brian D]

6 hours ago, weatherbo said:

Snow and wind have let up considerably with another 5-6" possible through the night.  Snow is too deep to walk or even snowshoe in, there's no power, and the road is closed for miles. 
Deepest snow I have ever seen. The house is almost buried.

I have an aunt, who has passed now, who grew up in the UP. When she was young, they would get storms sometimes that looked just like that when it was over. Crawling out the 2nd story window to get out. LOL! The principal would sometimes look out the window out over the Lake, and if it was getting real dark out there, he would shutdown the school, and send them home. Old school way of doing things. 

[michsnowfreak]

Picked up a light dusting of snow from squalls today (0.1"). Windy and cold now. As expected a very meh storm here.

[madwx]

MSN ended with 8.1”.  Set a daily record of 5.6”. Wasn’t in town for the 2023 storm so this was the most impressive March storm here in my memory

[weatherbo]

11 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

What is your seasonal total up there.  That is a phenomenal amount of snow.

Somewhere around 300".  I'm usually pretty close to Herman's totals and they stand at 341" as of today but there were a few times this winter they were hit a bit harder than me. Measuring snow here is damn near a fulltime job and I just don't care as much as I use to.
However, from Friday through last night I've received an estimated 55" while MQT officially stands at 48.1" during the same time, with a season total of 262.7".
Today starts the cleanup.  There's 4-5' drifts of wind-packed snow across the entire driveway this morning and while I do have a Kubota tractor, this is still going to take some time.  Will try to post a few more pics today.