Heavy Snow, Dickinson
- When
- January 8, 7:00 PM EST to January 9, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dickinson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.009, -87.870 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 8 to 9, 1998
A band of heavy snow moved north through central Upper Michigan starting during the evening of the 8th and continuing through noon on the 9th. The axis of heaviest snow extended through Iron Mountain and Marquette.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 MQT wrote it up.
A band of heavy snow moved north through central Upper Michigan starting during the evening of the 8th and continuing through noon on the 9th. The axis of heaviest snow extended through Iron Mountain and Marquette. Dickinson County received the heaviest snow with 11 inches at Foster City and 10.1 inches at Iron Mountain. In Marquette County, the Marquette County Airport received 9.9 inches, the city of Marquette 8.9 inches and Gwinn 8.5 inches. In Menominee County, Stephenson received 9.0 inches and Spalding received 8.0 inches of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Menominee
- When
- January 8, 7:00 PM EST to January 9, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Menominee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.525, -87.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Marquette
- When
- January 8, 7:00 PM EST to January 9, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marquette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.663, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flooding in West Virginia, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Ice Storm in New York, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 12, 1998
- Flash Flood in Mississippi, January 8, 1998
- Flooding in New York, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, January 8 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, January 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, January 8 to 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5628706, 5628707, 5628708.