Winter Weather — Clare, Michigan

2012-12-20 to 2012-12-21 · Clare, Michigan

Event narrative

Snowfall totals reached 10 to 15 inches from December 20th through the 21st across extreme northwestern Clare county. Low Impacts to travel occurred as snow fell a couple inches at a time with hours between periods of snow.

Wider weather episode

Significant snow fell across west central Lower Michigan from December the 20th through the 21st, where two day cumulative snowfall amounts reached 10 to 15 inches across portions of Lake, Osceola and Clare counties. One burst of significant snow came during the early morning hours of the 20th followed by more snow late night of the 20th into the early morning hours of the 21st.

In addition, it became very windy particularly right along the Lake Michigan shoreline on the 21st where a peak wind gust as high as 71 mph was recorded in South Haven.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 431179. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.