Heavy Snow, Sanilac
- When
- January 24, 2:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sanilac forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.443, -82.646 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 24, 2013
Lake effect snow developed over Lake Huron early on January 24th, bringing up to 8 inches of heavy snow to the eastern Thumb region during the morning hours. Further inland snowfall amounts were much lighter but still amounted to 1 to 3 inches along the Interstate 69 corridor.
Where it happened
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.
- 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
- 2
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 DTX wrote it up.
Lake effect snow developed over Lake Huron early on January 24th, bringing up to 8 inches of heavy snow to the eastern Thumb region during the morning hours. Further inland snowfall amounts were much lighter but still amounted to 1 to 3 inches along the Interstate 69 corridor.
Here are the following locations which reported 8 inches of snow in 6 hours:|In Sanilac County...|Port Sanilac (1N)...Forestville (2S)...Croswell (5ENE)...Lexington (5S).
In St. Clair County...Smiths Creek (2N).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, St. Clair
- When
- January 24, 2:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- St. Clair forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.931, -82.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Ice Storm in Utah, January 24, 2013
- Flood in New York, January 24 to 31, 2013
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 24, 2013
- Winter Weather in Virginia, January 24, 2013
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 24, 2013
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 24, 2013
- Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 24 to 25, 2013
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 24 to 26, 2013
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 24, 2013
- Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 24, 2013
- Cold in Alaska, January 24, 2013
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 24 to 25, 2013
More
Every storm in Michigan in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2013
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 423764, 423765.