Heavy Snow, Keweenaw
- When
- January 9, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Keweenaw forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 47.283, -88.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 9 to 11, 1998
Cold west winds blowing across the relatively warm waters of Lake Superior brought a weekend of heavy lake-effect snow to northwest Upper Michigan. The snow began during the evening of the 9 th and continued until the afternoon of the 11th.
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.
Cold west winds blowing across the relatively warm waters of Lake Superior brought a weekend of heavy lake-effect snow to northwest Upper Michigan. The snow began during the evening of the 9 th and continued until the afternoon of the 11th. The highest snowfall total was at Phoenix with 20 inches in Keweenaw County. Other snowfall totals included, in Houghton County, Laurium 18 inches and Dollar Bay and Redridge 12 inches, and in Ontonagon County 17 inches at Ontonagon and Silver City.
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, Houghton
- When
- January 9, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Houghton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.992, -88.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ontonagon
- When
- January 9, 7:00 PM EST to January 11, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ontonagon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.778, -89.305 (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 in West Virginia, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1998
- Flood in Pennsylvania, January 9 to 10, 1998
- Flood in Ohio, January 9 to 12, 1998
- Tornado in California, January 9, 1998
- Flood in New York, January 9 to 13, 1998
- Flood in New York, January 9 to 11, 1998
- Dense Fog in New York, January 9, 1998
- Winter Weather in California, January 9 to 10, 1998
- Ice Storm in Massachusetts, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 9, 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: 5628709, 5628710, 5628711.