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Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

                    

Overview

The winter of 2023-2024 was the warmest winter on record for much of Southwest Michigan.

Winter weather primarily occurred during a two week period in January and that is shown in a graph under the "Temperature Data" tab. 

There were several impactful weather events this winter.  The event summaries for those are located here under Winter: