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  • Detroit Snow Record: Worst Winter Ever in Motor City

    Enough is enough, right Detroit?

    Much of the United States suffered from a particularly brutal winter this year. But, nothing compares to what the Motor City went through this year … and may still go through.

    Many records were broken in Detroit over the course of the winter months, including the snowiest winter ever, the snowiest month and the most consecutive days with snow cover.

    “Most people alive today have never experienced this,” said Bryan Tilley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in White Lake Township.

    And although the calendar may indicate it’s spring, Detroit just doesn’t seem to want to have anything to do with what the calendar might say.

    Metro Detroit received 3.1 inches at Metro Airport Tuesday, bringing the seasonal total to 94.8 inches, breaking the 133-year record of 93.6 inches set in 1880-81 – more than double the average snowfall per year.

    If Detroit residents must find a silver lining, then perhaps the fact that it did not break the record for the coldest winter might help a bit.

    Yeah, maybe not.

    The average temperature of 25.8 degrees from November to March was the fourth coldest stretch since the weather service began keeping records in 1874.

    There were 79 days that remained below freezing – the third most days in record.

    The snowiest recorded month in Detroit was in January when 39.1 inches fell, breaking the February 1908 record of 38.4 inches.

    In 1978, the record for consecutive days with snow cover in Detroit was 73 day. This year there were 77 consecutive days of snow cover.

    Hang on Detroit, it’s almost over.

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  • Detroit Snow Record Broken, Flood Warnings in Effect

    A spring snow storm Michigan broke seasonal snowfall records in Detroit and Flint on Tuesday, prompting flood warnings, and some areas to declare a state of emergency.

    The National Weather Service reported that as of 6 a.m. on Tuesday, 3.1 inches fell at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, making the seasonal  total snowfall thus far 94.8 inches, breaking the previous Detroit snowfall record of 93.6 inches from the winter of 1880-1881.

    As of 2 a.m. Tuesday, eight-tenths of an inch fell in Flint, bringing the seasonal total to 83.4 inches. This season’s total snowfall surpassed the previous Flint seasonal record of 82.9 inches from the winter of 1974-1975.

    The snow came Tuesday, after unruly weather Monday, with flooded river banks, hundreds of thousands of people losing power, and temperatures reaching as high as mid-70s in parts of Michigan. Temperatures dropped dramatically to freezing temperatures in parts of the state by Tuesday morning.

     

     

    Utility crews from Consumer Energy, the state’s largest utility company, are working to finish restoring power to about 35,000 homes and businesses that were left without service after high winds hit on Saturday.

    According to the National Weather Service, warm weather in the state last week increased melting snow and the amount of water running off into rivers.

    Forecasters asked residents to keep an eye out for rising water levels, especially in the Escanaba River area, in Delta County. Flood warnings are also in effect along rivers in part of the Lower Peninsula.

    The Muskegon River in western Michigan was 3.3 feet over its banks at Evart in Osceola County on Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service said.

    Water was 2.8 feet over flood stage near Croton Dam in Newaygo County’s Croton Township, about 35 miles north of Grand Rapids. The Newaygo County emergency services director instructed some residents to evacuate downstream on Monday. Levels are expected to remain high through next week, according to the National Weather Service.

    Flooding also was reported along the Pere Marquette, Chippewa, Tittabawassee and White rivers.

    Newaygo, Mecosta, Midland, Osceola and Wexford counties have declared local state of emergencies.

    “Most people alive today have never experienced this,” said Brian Tilley, a National Weather Service meteorologist in suburban Detroit.

    “It’s probably the best way to sum it up, without getting carried away with superlatives,” Tilley said.

    Forecasters predict moderate to heavy snowfall over the western and north-central areas of the Upper Peninsula for Wednesday through Thursday morning that could bring between six to ten inches of snowfall.

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