Heavy Snow, Alger
- When
- December 26, 7:00 AM EST to December 27, 7:00 AM 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 26 to 27, 2000
Northwest winds continued to produce lake effect snow showers over the Lake Superior snowbelt. 5 inches of snowfall.
Where it happened
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- 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 MQT wrote it up.
Northwest winds continued to produce lake effect snow showers over the Lake Superior snowbelt. Most accumulati0ons were not excessive, but one persistent band of snow showers deposited 12.2 inches of snow on Shingleton between 7 AM on the 26th and 7 AM on the 27th.December 2000 was the snowiest December on record at the National Weather Service Office in Marquette with a total of 89.5 inches of snowfall. The cooperative observer 5 miles north of Shingleton reported 117.4 inches and the observer in Melstrand measured a total of 113.5 inches. The Keweenaw County Road Commission reported a new December record of 133.7 inches and Rockland had 126.9 inches for a monthly total. Houghton recorded 87.9 inches, 89 inches was reported from near Munising and 85 inches near Ironwood. Manistique set a record for December with 56 inches of snowfall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Oklahoma, December 26, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Texas, December 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, December 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, December 26 to 27, 2000
- Wildfire in California, December 26, 2000
- Winter Weather in Missouri, December 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 26 to 27, 2000
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, December 26, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 26 to 27, 2000
- Wildfire in California, December 26 to 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 26 to 27, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, December 26, 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: 5169276.