Winter Weather — Summit, Ohio

2025-11-27 to 2025-11-28 · Summit, Ohio

Event narrative

Following a strong cold front that crossed on November 26th, much colder air flowed in and allowed significant lake-effect snow to develop. This snow was initially carried into western New York by southwest winds, but gradually shifted south and west into the snowbelt region of Northeast Ohio as winds turned more west-northwest on Thanksgiving. The heavy snow mainly stayed just to the north and northeast of Summit County, but did clip the northeastern corner of the county, especially during the evening of Thanksgiving when snow rates exceeded one inch per hour at times. Snow was less intense into Black Friday but continued at times, tapering off that evening. A CoCoRaHS observer in Reminderville measured 8 inches of snow with this storm. A trained spotter in Macedonia reported 6.8 inches of snow. Amounts quickly decreased to 4 inches or less across the rest of the county, with less than an inch falling south of Akron.

Wider weather episode

Following a strong cold front that crossed on November 26th, much colder air flowed in and allowed significant lake-effect snow to develop. This snow was initially carried into western New York by southwest winds, but gradually shifted south and west into the snowbelt region of Northeast Ohio as winds turned more west-northwest on Thanksgiving. Heavy lake effect snow then continued into Black Friday before tapering off. Snow rates exceeded one inch per hour at times within lake effect bands, especially late Thanksgiving Day and night. A peak accumulation of 15 inches was reported in Auburn Township. Other selected totals include 14.8 in Troy Township, 14.5 inches in Hiram, 13.1 inches in Chagrin Falls, and 11 inches in Southington.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1302995. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.