Lake-Effect Snow in Mason, Michigan

Lake-Effect Snow November 11, 2019 – November 12, 2019 · Mason, Michigan

What the National Weather Service wrote

Up to around a foot of snow was reported across portions of Mason county.

The wider storm

An early season snowstorm and lake effect snow event impacted the western Great Lakes from November 11th to Tuesday November 12th. Snow totals measured in feet in the lake effect snow belts. Some locations picked up 12 to 18 inches of snow in just 12 hours! Record breaking cold temperatures followed on Tuesday enabling wind chills to drop into the single digits. While such snow totals and cold temperatures are not uncommon in Michigan during the winter months, experiencing such conditions in early November is unusual.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 861477. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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