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Houghton Snowfall

Posted on by MichaelV (Otsego)

Looking at the webcams to the right you can see (as of 8am) snow at Mackinaw and Houghton.  As of today they have seen 8 to 12  inches of snow this month in Houghton most of which is still on the ground.  The screenshot for the feature image was from this morning with the streetlights still on.

Record snowfall was 356 inches in the 1978-79 season and the least amount was 81.3 inches in 1930-31.  Below is the graphic of observed snowfall as of the 10th thanks to mainly Lake Superior.

Snow-pack continues to build over Canada, Russia and northern Europe.  Below are the snow totals as of 11/5 for Canada.  These are in centimeters – a centimeter is .3937 of an inch.  Divide the centimeter depth by 2.54 to convert to inches.  I will have more on the current snow pack on Thursday in my weekly winter weather forecast.

Yesterday we had mostly sunny skies here in Otsego which was a welcome change.  All of the snow has melted, however we could see more tonight and tomorrow from lake effect mainly south and west of Grand Rapids.

Category: Michigan Weather Forecast

8 thoughts on “Houghton Snowfall”

  1. Winter ’78-’79… I was there. I got my diploma, BSCHE, spring 1979. Lived in Hancock that year, 1051 Lincoln Ave, South Lincoln is the street address I think, a few houses before the bend, on the way to Calumet. I remember PICKING UP the blocks of frozen ice from the driveway apron (The garage/driveway at didn’t get used that winter.) when they finally plowed the road, spring of of ’79…

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  4. Already a month ahead on snowfall from a year ago temps today again 15-17* degrees below normal what a cool stretcher weather we are having. Incredible Rocky would say! Have a cold Monday turn the heat up INDY!!

  5. Great post. I always think the webcam of Houghton looks like a post card. It looks like an old fashion small town.

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