Eastern St. Joseph County storm history

A brief period of system snow during the early morning of December 29th was followed by lake effect snow showers from mid morning through the evening hours. Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 10 inches with most of the snow accumulation north of the Toll Road. A repo…

A snow squall produced a brief period of heavier snow and wind gusts to 35 mph at times. Significant visibility reductions to less than one quarter of a mile due to snow and blowing snow were reported with the snow squall. The Interstate 80 corridor was impacted by the snow squal…

Moderate to heavy snow developed during the morning hours of November 29th and continued through the early morning hours of November 30th. This was a wet snow with total snow accumulations generally ranging between 7 and 11 inches. There was a report of 10.0 inches in Granger. Vi…

Moderate to heavy lake effect snow fell from the afternoon on November 9th into the early morning hours of November 10th. Snowfall rates were briefly as high as 1 to 2 inches per hour with the heavier lake effect snow showers. Total snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 14 inches. …

Cold, below freezing, temperatures and road surfaces led to icy roads and sidewalks once periods of freezing rain and freezing drizzle developed. A few thunderstorms even developed dropping heavier freezing rain and small hail late in the evening into the early morning hours of F…

An arctic front plunged through during the evening hours on December 4th with bouts of heavy snow and wind gusts in excess of 45 mph. Near zero visibility and a flash freeze were reported. A transition to pure lake effect snow then took place on December 5th. The worst of the con…

A mix of snow and freezing rain overspread the area during the morning of January 22nd, before becoming mainly freezing rain during the afternoon and evening hours. Precipitation continued into the early morning hours of January 23rd, eventually changing over to rain. Ice accumul…

Heavy lake effect snow with near zero visibility and intense snowfall rates developed during the afternoon and evening hours of January 19th. Additional snow shower activity did persist into the morning hours of January 20th. Snowfall totals ranged from 3 to 7 inches, with a repo…

The combination of temperatures in the single digits below zero and gusty southwest winds of around 20 mph produced minimum wind chills of 25 to 35 below zero during the morning hours. A wind chill of 32 below zero was reported by the ASOS station in South Bend, IN at 9:54am on J…

A few rounds of snowfall occurred across the area. The first period of snow was during the daytime of January 12th. After a lull during the evening hours of January 12th, lake enhanced and lake effect snow moved back in during the early morning hours of January 13th. Storm total …

Heavy wet snow, wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph, and visibilities reduced to less than a quarter of a mile at times created difficult travel. There were a few reports of power outages and wind damage. Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged between 4 and 7 inches across the co…

A wet, heavy, snow created difficult travel with reports of slide-offs, accidents and school closings on January 25th. The snow was heavy at times with inch per hour snowfall rates and visibilities less than a quarter of a mile observed. Snowfall generally ranged between 5 and 8 …

An arctic front brought sub-zero temperatures and strong wind gusts to 40 to 50 mph. This combination resulted in dangerous wind chills of 25 to 35 below zero from the early morning hours on December 23rd to the early morning hours on December 24th.

A major winter storm brought snow and blowing snow that led to blizzard conditions at times from early Thursday night into Saturday afternoon. Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 3 to 6 inches along the Toll Road to as much as 6 to 10 inches closer to the Indiana-Michigan st…

Heavy lake effect snow showers, temperatures falling into the teens, and gusty winds to 40 mph developed behind an arctic cold front late on November 19th into the early morning hours of November 20th. Near zero visibilities and intense 1 per hour snowfall rates were observed wit…

Another round of lake effect snow accumulated to between 3 and 7 inches across northern St. Joseph County, heaviest in the South Bend area when snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were reported. South Bend officially received 6.5 inches of snow accumulation during this time.…

Periods of moderate to heavy lake effect snow accumulated to between 3 and 8 inches, heaviest near the Indiana Toll Road. There were reports of 5.4 in South Bend and 7.2 1 mile east-northeast of Granger. Visibilities were reduced to a quarter of a mile or less in heavier snow. Th…

Heavy snow fell during the evening hours of November 12th extending through much of the early morning hours of November 13th. Total snowfall ranged from 4 to 8 inches. An official NWS observation of 7.5 inches of snow was reported in South Bend, IN at 0700 November 13th. The snow…