Michigan, 2000

Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 2, 2000

January 2, 2000 · NWS MQT · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A winter storm moved northeast from Kansas, across Lake Michigan, and into Quebec, bringing heavy snow to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. 0 inches in Manistique.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 winter storm moved northeast from Kansas, across Lake Michigan, and into Quebec, bringing heavy snow to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Snowfall totals were 9.6 inches in Negaunee, 10 inches in Escanaba, 10.5 in Iron Mountain, 11.0 in Munising, 11.5 inches in Melstrand, Newberry and Kingsford, 12.0 inches in Gwinn and Grand Marais, 12.7 inches at Pine Stump Junction, 14.0 inches in Two Heart, and 16.0 inches in Manistique.

The radar

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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Dickinson

When
January 2, 2:30 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Dickinson forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.009, -87.870 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Marquette

When
January 2, 3:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Marquette forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.663, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Delta

When
January 2, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Delta forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.792, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Alger

When
January 2, 3:30 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Alger forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.451, -86.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Luce

When
January 2, 4:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Luce forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.368, -85.509 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Schoolcraft

When
January 2, 4:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Schoolcraft forecast zone
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
46.043, -86.177 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5129757, 5129755, 5129758, 5129756, 5129759, 5129760.