Heavy Snow, Otsego
- When
- January 18, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.021, -84.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 18, 2002
Lake effect snow off Lake Michigan brought locally heavy snow to a portion of Otsego County. 2 inches in 12 hours was reported across a small portion of the county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 APX wrote it up.
Lake effect snow off Lake Michigan brought locally heavy snow to a portion of Otsego County. A maximum snowfall total of 7.2 inches in 12 hours was reported across a small portion of the county.
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
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 18 to 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 18, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 18, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 18 to 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Idaho, January 18 to 23, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Montana, January 18 to 23, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 18, 2002
- High Wind in Hawaii, January 18 to 19, 2002
- Winter Storm in Hawaii, January 18 to 20, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, January 18 to 21, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 18 to 19, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 18, 2002
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2002
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5279747.