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These are the extremes in weather records for Michigan, a state in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States. Temperature. Overall. The ...
Historically, much of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, most of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and a large portion of the Western mountain areas have a 90% or better chance of a white Christmas.
Over ten thousand customers in the Upper Peninsula lost power, and property damage reached $2.1 million. [133] [134] Further south, Green Bay, Wisconsin recorded 2.2 in (5.6 cm) of snow. [135] West Virginia set a monthly snowfall record with Davis receiving 20.3 in (52 cm) of snow. [136]
The Upper Peninsula of Michigan—also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. or Yoop—is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.
Over two feet of snow was recorded across Michigan's Upper Peninsula, including a 32-inch report in Ishpeming Township, Michigan, about 15 miles west of Marquette. Just over 3 inches of snow was re
The heaviest monthly snow total was 119 inches (3.02 m) in December 1978; the winter of 1978–1979 saw 354.1 inches (8.99 m) of snow fall, making it the snowiest in 109 years of continuous records at the county airport (1891–2000). The greatest snow depth recorded was 73 inches (1.85 m) at the end of February 1937; in only two winters ...
For example, warmer weather could change the composition of Michigan’s forests. As the climate warms, the population of paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam fir, and black spruce may decline in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula, while oak, hickory, and pine trees may become more numerous.
The 1991 Halloween blizzard was a powerful storm that caused a period of heavy snowfall and ice accumulation, which affected parts of the Upper Midwest of the United States, from October 31 to November 4, 1991.