Winter Storm, Presque Isle
- When
- December 30, 5:00 PM EST to December 31, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Presque Isle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.398, -83.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Michigan, December 30 to 31, 1996
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BROUGHT GENERALLY LIGHT SNOWS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM THE EVENING OF THE 30TH INTO THE MORNING OF THE 31ST. A LOW LEVEL ONSHORE EAST WIND OFF LAKE HURON ENHANCED SNOWS ACROSS THE COUNTY PRODUCING A TOTAL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BROUGHT GENERALLY LIGHT SNOWS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN FROM THE EVENING OF THE 30TH INTO THE MORNING OF THE 31ST. HOWEVER...A LOW LEVEL ONSHORE EAST WIND OFF LAKE HURON ENHANCED SNOWS ACROSS THE COUNTY PRODUCING A TOTAL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in California, December 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, December 30 to 31, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 30, 1996
- High Wind in Nevada, December 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 30 to 31, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, December 30 to 31, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, December 30 to 31, 1996
- High Wind in Montana, December 30, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 30, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578543.