There’s no doubt it’s been a snowy winter for many places in Michigan, but the Gaylord National Weather Service office is making an argument for the snowiest place in the state.
Since Nov. 20, the NWS office reported on X Thursday morning, the area has seen observable snow 86 of 93 days.
“Our first measurable snow of the winter was on Nov. 20th, and kicked off quite the run of snow here!,” the NWS said. “The season total stands at 180.9″ as of 7am (Thursday)!”
Gaylord sits in the heart of the northern Michigan lake effect snow band.
Snowfall data for Thursday through Saturday shows the area received 1.4 inches on Thursday, and a trace of Friday and Saturday, increasing the streak to 88 of 95 days and 182.4 inches of snow.
How much snow is the Gaylord weather service reporting?
The weather service said that from Nov. 20-30, there was observable snow on 10 of 11 days. The Gaylord area received 36.4 inches of snow for the month. The total is well above the “normal” total of 16.5 inches for the month.
For December, from the 1st to 31st, there was observable snow on 26 of 31 days totaling 57.9 inches. The normal total is 38.5 inches.
January saw snow on 30 of 31 days totaling 46.7 inches. The NWS said 36.9 inches is normal.
February saw observable snowfall, through the 20th, on every day totaling 39.9 inches. As of Saturday, the total stood at 40.6 inches — well above the normal total of 20.6 inches.
The NWS reported that snow on the ground was 22 inches deep as of Feb. 22. The depth had reached as high as 29 inches this month.
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Gaylord NWS: snow of 88 of 95 days since November in Michigan town
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