A persistent band of lake-effect snow set up on the afternoon of December 25th and lingered into the early, pre-dawn morning hours of December 26th. with snowfall rates reaching 2 to 3 inches per hour.
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The episode as NWS MKX wrote it up.
A persistent band of lake-effect snow set up on the afternoon of December 25th and lingered into the early, pre-dawn morning hours of December 26th. While it fluctuated east and west during the event, locations from eastern Racine County through eastern and central Kenosha County saw nearly continuous snow...with snowfall rates reaching 2 to 3 inches per hour. Snow totals between 6 to 10 inches were recorded over eastern Racine and Kenosha counties...rapidly tapering off to an inch or less over western sections.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A persistent band of lake-effect snow brought up to 7 inches of snow to lake shore locations from the City of Racine south to the Kenosha County border. Amounts tapered quickly to around 1 inch in central sections of the county, to a trace in the west.
A persistent band of lake-effect snow brought 8 to 10 inches of snow to eastern sections of the county from the Racine County border south to the Illinois state line. Amounts tapered quickly to around 1 inch in central sections of the county, to a trace in the west. Snowfall totals of 10.3 inches were recorded at Somers and Pleasant Prairie. Christmas evening traffic was slowed on Interstate-94 and county highways due to the persistent and, at times, heavy snow with snowfall rates of 3 to 5 inches per hour.
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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: 275579, 275580.