Heavy Snow — Douglas, Wisconsin

2025-11-29 to 2025-11-30 · Douglas, Wisconsin

Event narrative

A heavy band of lake effect snow set up over Superior the afternoon and evening hours of the 29th. This band was expected to quickly shift to the east, but ended up stalling out over the same area for an extended period of time. This led to snowfall totals of 4 to 6 inches in town with a high report of 7 inches in the South End neighborhood of Superior.

Wider weather episode

A lake-effect snow band developed off the Twin Ports over western Lake Superior and moved on-shore during the afternoon and evening hours of the 29th. The band then stalled out over parts of Superior dropping 4 to 7 inches of snow before finally moving to the east into Bayfield County. An area of Bayfield County just to the south of Cornucopia saw additional enhancement with accumulations of 5 to 9 inches. Additionally, synoptic snowfall occurred over a portion of the region as well with snowfall barely reaching warning levels in Burnett County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1300414. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.