Northern La Porte 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 2 to 5 inches with most of the snow accumulation across the northeast portions o…

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 10.3 inches 2 miles southw…

Moderate to heavy lake effect snow fell from late morning 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. A…

Two people were rescued by lifeguards from a rip current at Washington Park Beach. Incident was captured on the Access LaPorte County Beach webcam.

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 moderate 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 with periods of he…

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 of 2 to 3 inches per hour developed early on January 19th. This dominant snow band did shift off to the east for a time during the afternoon and evening, before transitioning back west into the area early…

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 33 below zero was reported by an AWOS station in LaPorte, IN at 8:15am on Janua…

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 …

Periods of 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. Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged between 2 and 4 inches across the county, with thundersnow and snowfall rates in exc…

A wet, heavy, snow created difficult travel with reports of slide-offs, accidents and a few school closings on January 25th. Snowfall generally ranged between 3 and 5 inches across northern portions of the county.

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 40 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 Friday morning through Saturday afternoon. Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 3 to 6 inches along the Toll Road to as high as 10 to 14 inches closer to the Indiana-Michiga…

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. Reduced visibilities and brief intense snowfall rates were observed with more intens…

Another round of lake effect snow accumulated to between 2 and 4 inches across far northeast La Porte County. Temperatures falling into the 20s, snow already on the ground, and gusty winds also allowed for areas of blowing snow and reduced visibilities. Travel was difficult acros…

Periods of moderate to heavy lake effect snow accumulated to between 3 and 8 inches. There was a report of 6.3 of total snow accumulation in LaPorte. Visibilities were reduced to a quarter of a mile or less in heavier snow. The heavy, wet nature to the snow led to some downed tre…