UP Snow Totals Jan 6th
Winter here to stay, big snow and below avg cold coming soon.
Winter is here to stay.
Hope everyone had a wonderful first full week of 2024!
Today felt like we are going to get back into the groove of winter, something about today just gave me the confidence what snow on the ground across the snow belts of the UP will stay with us until late March into the middle of April at least. All depends on how much snow we see for the next 4-6 weeks, ground is still warm and freeze lines aren’t but a couple inches at most right now and with the blanket of snow don’t see the ground freezing to deep unless we really get some sub zero temps in February. We do have some colder weather arriving mid January, more on that below. Lake Superior is still wide open right now, on our hike today we were able to pick rocks from the shoreline and there was barely any ice built up along the shoreline. Below I posted the current and past ice data for the Great Lakes along with the CPC temp outlook.
Bergland drops out of the #1 position today giving it back to the Soo, it appears the Soo will stay that way for this coming week with more snow out east than in the west of the UP.
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Great Lakes Average Ice Concentration
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Ice Concentration (%)
Year Day Sup. Mich. Huron Erie Ont. St.Clr GL Total
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2023 329 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
2023 330 0.19 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07
2023 331 0.11 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05
2023 332 0.31 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12
2023 333 0.41 0.19 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.20
2023 334 0.39 0.19 0.48 0.01 0.01 0.07 0.30
2023 335 0.70 0.19 0.29 0.01 0.01 0.31 0.37
2023 336 0.70 0.11 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.35
2023 337 0.69 0.17 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.36
2023 338 0.80 0.16 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.38
2023 339 0.55 0.13 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.30
2023 340 0.52 0.09 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29
2023 341 0.48 0.04 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26
2023 342 0.44 0.04 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.22
2023 343 0.37 0.02 0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16
2023 344 0.35 0.01 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14
2023 345 0.35 0.01 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14
2023 346 0.34 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13
2023 347 0.35 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.13
2023 348 0.82 0.09 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.33
2023 349 0.64 0.07 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26
2023 350 0.50 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20
2023 351 0.50 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20
2023 352 0.49 0.12 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.21
2023 353 0.79 0.30 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.37
2023 354 0.76 0.39 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.38
2023 355 0.87 0.37 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.42
2023 356 1.89 1.07 1.07 0.04 0.55 0.21 1.23
2023 357 0.86 0.15 0.21 0.00 0.28 0.00 0.42
2023 358 0.74 0.09 0.17 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.35
2023 359 0.78 0.03 0.18 0.00 0.25 0.00 0.35
2023 360 0.58 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.23
2023 361 0.50 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.04 0.00 0.20
2023 362 0.47 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18
2023 363 0.50 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.19
2023 364 0.46 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.17
2023 365 0.44 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.16
2024 001 0.91 0.05 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35
2024 002 0.92 0.04 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.36
2024 003 0.84 0.01 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.32
2024 004 0.90 0.26 0.12 0.00 0.13 0.00 0.43
2024 005 1.09 0.21 1.03 0.00 0.13 0.00 0.70
2024 006 1.43 0.81 1.11 0.00 0.35 0.00 1.00
2024 007 1.38 1.10 1.36 0.00 0.85 0.00 1.14 2023 Great Lakes Average Ice Concentration
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Ice Concentration (%)
Year Day Sup. Mich. Huron Erie Ont. St.Clr GL Total
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Jan 7th last year 11.08%
2023 038 11.08 10.49 18.42 20.97 5.69 71.98 13.47
Feb 24th greatest concentration of Lake Superior ice 19.83%
2023 055 19.83 16.08 34.37 0.00 7.48 2.26 19.62
May 20th the last smidgen of ice on Lake Superior 0.02%
2023 137 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
Looking at the latest CPC outlook for the middle of the month we can see temps look to drop below normal for the period of Jan 15th-Jan 21st, this means two things, 1. Lake effect snow, and 2. below freezing temps and wind chills arriving soon. The Polar Vortex breakup appears to be coming, just as the next big storm that I am keeping an eye on for around the 15th either side should be arriving.
We need the snow and cold, I mean after all we have had a above average beginning to our 6 month winter season in the UP with 4 more to go. If you just moved to the UP you’re about to find out what a UP winter is usually like. A typical UP winter isn’t what we have experienced so far, if you don’t like snow, you won’t like the UP, you have to embrace winter to live here year-round.
Anyway folks, this week will be mild for the most part, Monday should be a chill day, no snow other than a few flurries possible and maybe some freezing rain. Tuesday should get a bit snowier especially for those in the southern and far eastern areas of the UP, maybe some southern Marquette and Alger counties may be in for a little snow as well 4-6 inches, some possible 7-8 inches aren’t out of the question. Western and Keweenaw areas should stay relatively snow free with only about an inch and at most 2 inches.
UP Snow Totals below for snow on Jan 6th
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T = trace, NR = No report, NA = Not Applicable
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day or even days later.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county only updates during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.
Most Snowfall Jan 6th: Cedarville with 3.1 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Soo Airport with 42.1 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)
