The approach of a low pressure system over Ontario caused moderate lake effect snow showers to fall over Houghton County from the afternoon of the 17th into the afternoon of the 18th.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
The approach of a low pressure system over Ontario caused moderate lake effect snow showers to fall over Houghton County from the afternoon of the 17th into the afternoon of the 18th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer in Twin Lakes measured 7.5 inches in a 16-hour period.
A widespread six inches of snow fell from White Pine through Greenland to Ontonagon in a 15-hour period.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 2010
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: 273979, 273980.