Michigan, 2024

Winter Storm in Michigan, January 13 to 18, 2024

January 13 to 18, 2024 · NWS MQT · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A strong, convergent lake effect snow band pummelled the Keweenaw Peninsula with multiple days of moderate to heavy snow accumulation from the 13th into the 18th.

Where it happened

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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 MQT wrote it up.

A strong, convergent lake effect snow band pummelled the Keweenaw Peninsula with multiple days of moderate to heavy snow accumulation from the 13th into the 18th.

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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 12, 4:17 PM EST, 14 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 4:17 PM EST, 14 hours 43 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Keweenaw

When
January 13, 7:00 AM EST to January 18, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Keweenaw forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
47.283, -88.212 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snowfall from observers over a five-day included 37.6 inches at Calumet-Tamarack and 28 inches at Kearsarge. North winds gusting over 35 mph at times caused considerable blowing and drifting of snow and lowered visibility. Snow drifts were reported to be more than four feet in some areas.

Winter Storm, Northern Houghton

When
January 13, 7:00 AM EST to January 18, 7:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Houghton forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
46.992, -88.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total lake effect snowfall over a five-day period included 38.6 inches at Calumet-Tamarack, 36.2 inches at Painesdale and 32.8 inches at Quincy Hill. North winds gusting over 35 mph at times caused considerable blowing and drifting of snow and lowered visibility. Snow drifts were reported to be more than four feet in some areas.

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

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

The same day elsewhere

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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: 1157937, 1157938.