Heavy Snow, Alger
- When
- December 18, 9:00 AM EST to December 19, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alger forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.451, -86.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 18 to 19, 2000
On the 18th and 19th of December, low pressure moved from western Illinois to Lake Huron, spreading snow across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. North winds turned northeast and intensified lake effect snow bands.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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.
On the 18th and 19th of December, low pressure moved from western Illinois to Lake Huron, spreading snow across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. North winds turned northeast and intensified lake effect snow bands. The lake enhanced snow showers tapered off during the evening of the 19th as the low pulled away and winds became variable. Twenty-four hour snowfall reports included 16 inches in Negaunee and Gwinn, 14.5 inches in Ontonagon and Herman, 15 inches in Bergland, 13 inches in Chatham and 11 inches in Bessemer.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Marquette
- When
- December 18, 4:30 PM EST to December 19, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marquette forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 46.663, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Ontonagon
- When
- December 18, 4:30 PM EST to December 19, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ontonagon forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.778, -89.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gogebic
- When
- December 18, 4:30 PM EST to December 19, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Gogebic forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.496, -89.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Baraga
- When
- December 18, 4:30 PM EST to December 19, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Baraga forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 46.700, -88.352 (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
- Blizzard in Iowa, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in California, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Kansas, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, December 18, 2000
- High Wind in Vermont, December 18, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 18 to 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, December 18, 2000
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 2000
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: 5168871, 5168872, 5168873, 5168874, 5168875.