Winter Storm in Michigan, November 28 to 30, 2024

Accumulating snow began on the 28th. A period of intense snow associated with a vigorous lake effect snow band was noted between 0100EST and 1300EST on the 29th where 13inches fell in 12 hours, measured by the official snow observer on the SE side of town. Additional public reports indicate snowfall totals on the 29th could have been as high as 2-3feet in some areas where the band persisted longer closer to the Soo Locks. Another, though less, intense period was noted between 1300EST on the 30th through midnight on the 1st, where 7 inches fell in 12hrs, as this lake effect band wavered over time. Highest recorded snow depth for this period was 26 inches, achieved by midnight on December 1. 72-hour snowfall total of 26.2 inches ending 1900EST November 30th. A report from Sugar Island had accumulating snow beginning on the 28th, with accumulations around a foot by morning on the 29th...and enough to bring snow totals up to 20 inches by 4pm. By the afternoon of December 1st, 60-hour snowfall totals reached as high as 42 inches.

Accumulating snow began on the 28th, with accumulations around a foot by morning on the 29th...and enough to bring snow totals up to 20 inches by 4pm. By the afternoon of December 1st, 60-hour snowfall totals from Sugar Island reached as high as 42 inches.

Cooperative observer at Paradise, MI recorded a 72-hour snowfall total of 23.1 inches ending December 1st with primarily WNW flow lake effect snow bands. Highest snowfall totals during this period occurred on the 29th and 30th, with both days' 24-hour totals around 9 inches. Snow depth by December 1st was 27 inches.

Cooperative observer at Tahquamenon Falls State Park, MI, about 8miles west of Paradise, MI, recorded a 72-hour snowfall total of 22.5 inches ending December 1st with primarily WNW flow lake effect snow bands. Highest snowfall totals during this period occurred on the 28th and 30th, with both days' 24-hour totals around 9 inches. Snow depth by December 1st was 26 inches.

Snowfall intensity began to increase at NWS Gaylord, MI overnight on the 28th-29th, reaching 9 inches by 0700EST. High snow-to-liquid ratios and intense, generally persistent bands with consistent 1 inch per hour snowfall rates resulted in the accumulation of 24.8 inches of snow by midnight on the 30th...setting a new calendar day record for the Gaylord area. Most intense snowfall occurred on the 29th into the morning of the 30th, with much less impressive snowfall rates for the remainder of the weekend in the immediate area of the office...with a 60-hr snowfall total of 33.8 inches ending 1900EST on the 30th. Highest snow depth during this period was 21 inches on the 30th...with an event total of 45.4inches by 1900EST December 2nd. Travel impacts were somewhat widespread, particularly focused beneath the snow bands, where whiteout conditions and significant snow accumulations on roadways made travel difficult to nearly impossible. A COOP observer at Pigeon River State Forest Headquarters reported a 24 hour total of 12.5 inches of snow ending the morning of the 30th.

CoCoRaHS observer from 1mile ESE of Mancelona reported a 72-hour snowfall total of 31.4 inches of snow ending December 1. Most intense snowfall occurred on the 29th, with a 24-hour total of 14.2 inches ending at 0800EST on the 30th.

Twenty-four hour snowfall of 8 inches ending on the morning of the 30th, from Boyne Falls cooperative observer. Event totals as high as 16 to 17 inches in the Boyne Falls area by the morning of the 30th per social media reports. A social media report of a 32-inch snowfall total ending 0900EST November 30, northwest of Vanderbilt in Charlevoix county. A twenty-four hour snowfall total of 13.8inches measured at East Jordan Wastewater Treatment Plant ending on the morning of the 30th. As an example of lake effect snowfall gradients, the cooperative observer 2miles NW of East Jordan received only 10.2 inches through the entire 72+hour event ending the morning of December 2nd.

CoCoRaHS observer 15.8miles NE of Grayling reported 10.2 inches of snow ending 0600EST on the 30th, with a storm total of 13.9 inches.

Social media report of 8 inches of snow in Atlanta as of 1000EST on the 30th.

Snowfall totals by 1430EST on the 29th of 14 inches near Darragh in Kalkaska county, MI.

Twenty-four hour snowfall of 8 inches ending on the morning of the 30th, from Boyne Falls cooperative observer. Event totals as high as 16 to 17 inches in the Boyne Falls area by the morning of the 30th per social media reports.

Twenty-four hour total of 13.8inches measured at East Jordan Wastewater Treatment Plant ending on the morning of the 30th. As an example of lake effect snowfall gradients, the cooperative observer 2miles NW of East Jordan received only 10.2 inches through the entire 72+hour event ending the morning of December 2nd.

Social media reports from the Epsilon area in SE Emmet county of up to 25 inches, storm totals, by the morning of December 1st.

Crawford County Sheriff deputy, on call at a crash site on I-75 at mile marker 262, received minor injuries when his patrol car was hit by a passing car. A CoCoRaHS observer 15.8miles NE of Grayling reported 10.2 inches of snow ending 0600EST on the 30th, with a storm total of 13.9 inches during this event.

Storm total ending 1300EST December 2 of 46.7inches 6miles SSW of Gaylord, MI. Areas east of this toward Michaywe and west toward Lake Manuka reported in excess of 2-3feet of snow through the event.

NWS Employee/CoCoRaHS observer at 2.2miles ESE of Elmira, MI reported 19.5in in 24hours ending 0700EST on the 30th, with a 2 day total of 26.2inches.

NWS Employee 4miles SSE of Elmira, MI reported a storm total of 46 inches ending 0900EST December 2. By 1300EST on the 1st, 39.6inches of snow had fallen at this location, with 8inches alone in the previous 24hours.

Social media report of 12inches of snow by 1100EST on the 30th, 2 miles N of Wolverine, MI.

Spotter in Indian River reported 12 hour total of 11.3 inches ending 2100EST on the 30th.

Pigeon River State Forest Headquarters reported a 24 hour total of 12.5 inches of snow ending the morning of the 30th.