Overview
Snowfall Records
Detroit:
Record Daily Maximum Snowfall of 8.5 inches was set at Detorit Metro Airport on November 11th, which breaks the old record of 4.1 inches back in 1984. The 8.5 inches, also breaks the November daily snowfall with a previous record of 6.2 inches back on November 15, 1925.
This snow storm, with a total measurement of 9.2 inches over November 11-12, 2019, ranks as the biggest November snow storm in Detroit. This breaks the old record of 9.0 inches, set back on November 15-16, 1932.
Flint:
Record Daily Maximum Snowfall of 8.6 inches was set at Flint Bishop Airport on November 11th, which breaks the old record of 3.0 inches back in 1933.
Flint tied for the 3rd biggest November winter storm with 9.0 inches of snow. The biggest November storm for Flint dumped 13.4 inches on November 6-7, 1951.
Event Summary
During the early morning period of November 11th, a surface low pressure began to develop over the Ohio Valley tied to a stationary boundary over that region. Snow started to move into SE MI from the west shortly after 3am with the bulk of the region seeing snow falling by 4am. The initial part of the storm had 3 distinct heavier snow bands develop across our region that would begin to collapse together to form one distinct very heavy band by the noon/early afternoon timeframe. This band had 1" per hour snowfall rates over the western and northern Metro areas leading to the high totals seen across Washtenaw, Oakland, and Macomb counties. It would slowly move and pivot east across Detroit and the southern Metro area later in the afternoon as the low began to move east into Pennsylvania. While all this occurred, northerly flow off of Lake Huron allowed for lake-enhanced snowfall rates over the Thumb, especially over areas on the northern and eastern shorelines with some locations seeing over a foot of snow.
Snowfall Totals
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Storm Reports
Public Information Statement...Storm Totals
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
1032 AM EST Tue Nov 12 2019
STORM TOTAL SNOW REPORTS
Location Snowfall Duration
(Inches) (Hours) Lat Lon
...Bay County...
Auburn M 2.8 24 43.60N 84.08W
...Genesee County...
Goodrich M 7.9 30 42.92N 83.51W
4 N Burton M 9.3 30 43.05N 83.62W
...Huron County...
Harbor Beach M 6.0 30 43.85N 82.65W
Filion M 8.7 30 43.90N 83.00W
Bad Axe M 12.0 30 43.80N 83.00W
...Lapeer County...
Lapeer M 7.5 30 43.05N 83.32W
Elba M 9.5 30 43.04N 83.44W
...Lenawee County...
Morenci M 3.1 30 41.72N 84.22W
2 WNW Tipton M 6.3 24 42.03N 84.10W
...Livingston County...
Pinckney M 8.2 24 42.45N 83.95W
1 NE Howell M 8.4 30 42.62N 83.92W
...Macomb County...
1 ENE Roseville M 7.5 24 42.51N 82.92W
4 NNW Richmond M 9.5 30 42.86N 82.78W
2 E Utica M 9.9 24 42.63N 82.98W
Sterling Heights M 10.0 30 42.58N 83.03W
Shelby Township M 11.0 30 42.67N 83.03W
...Midland County...
Oil City M 4.2 30 43.61N 84.59W
1 S Midland M 5.0 30 43.61N 84.23W
...Monroe County...
Monroe M 4.5 24 41.92N 83.39W
Dundee M 5.1 30 41.96N 83.66W
...Oakland County...
West Bloomfield M 8.7 30 42.57N 83.38W
Farmington M 9.4 30 42.46N 83.38W
Troy M 9.5 30 42.58N 83.14W
4 E White Lake M 9.9 30 42.65N 83.43W
Wixom M 10.0 30 42.52N 83.54W
4 SSE Lake Orion M 10.6 24 42.73N 83.21W
...Saginaw County...
2 NW Saginaw M 4.8 30 43.44N 83.98W
Chesaning M 5.0 24 43.18N 84.12W
Shields M 6.0 20 43.42N 84.07W
...Sanilac County...
Peck M 8.3 20 43.26N 82.82W
Peck M 10.0 30 43.26N 82.82W
Lexington M 14.0 30 43.27N 82.53W
...Shiawassee County...
Owosso M 5.8 30 43.00N 84.18W
...St. Clair County...
Yale M 7.8 30 43.13N 82.80W
Port Huron M 11.0 30 42.99N 82.43W
Port Huron M 14.0 30 42.99N 82.43W
...Tuscola County...
Cass City M 6.0 24 43.60N 83.18W
Vassar M 6.5 30 43.37N 83.58W
Caro M 7.5 30 43.49N 83.40W
...Washtenaw County...
Milan M 3.0 30 42.09N 83.68W
Manchester M 8.5 30 42.15N 84.04W
Se Ann Arbor M 10.3 30 42.28N 83.73W
Ann Arbor M 11.0 30 42.28N 83.73W
...Wayne County...
Riverview M 7.5 30 42.17N 83.19W
Garden City M 8.4 30 42.33N 83.33W
Wyandotte M 8.8 30 42.21N 83.16W
Romulus M 9.2 30 42.22N 83.37W
Grosse Pointe Farms M 9.5 24 42.40N 82.89W
M = Measured
E = Estimated
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