Winter Weather in Michigan, April 8, 2010

Name: Winter Weather in Michigan, April 8, 2010
Start: 2010-04-08T01:00
End: 2010-04-08T14:00
Location: Michigan

April 8, 2010 · NWS APX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Rain developed on the 7th as low pressure approached the Great Lakes region from the southwest. As the low started to exit, cooler air filtered in from the north, and rain changed over to snow.

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.

Rain developed on the 7th as low pressure approached the Great Lakes region from the southwest. As the low started to exit, cooler air filtered in from the north, and rain changed over to snow. Accumulations were very light in most places, 2 inches or less. However, a small portion of Chippewa County, near and north of a line from Pickford to Paradise, saw 5 to 7 inches of snow. Sault Ste Marie picked up 7.2 inches.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 6:38 PM EST, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 6:38 PM EST, 6 hours 22 minutes before

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Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Chippewa

When: April 8, 1:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Chippewa forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Michigan in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Michigan, April 2010

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: 226355.