Heavy Snow, Alger
- When
- December 23, 7:00 PM EST to December 24, 7:00 AM 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 in Michigan, December 23 to 24, 2004
A northwest flow of Arctic air across Lake Superior produced heavy lake effect snows over Alger County on the night of the 23rd. Munising measured 8 inches in 12 hours.
Where it happened
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- 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 MQT wrote it up.
A northwest flow of Arctic air across Lake Superior produced heavy lake effect snows over Alger County on the night of the 23rd. Munising measured 8 inches in 12 hours.
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
- Cold in Illinois, December 23 to 25, 2004
- Cold in Texas, December 23, 2004
- Strong Wind in New York, December 23, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, December 23, 2004
- Strong Wind in New York, December 23, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 23, 2004
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, December 23, 2004
- High Wind in Massachusetts, December 23, 2004
- Cold in Kentucky, December 23 to 25, 2004
- High Wind in New York, December 23, 2004
- High Wind in Rhode Island, December 23, 2004
- High Wind in Connecticut, December 23, 2004
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 2004
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: 5430102.