Areas near Lansing and Flint were buried in a foot of snow! Temperatures didn’t rise out of the 30s for two days. The following day, a low-pressure system joined up with the cold front, leaving six to nine inches of snow over most of the area, despite the ground already warming up from spring. While that was unusual, Michigan was in for an even more rare occurrence. Temperatures across Michigan fell from 62 degrees to just 34 between noon and six that evening as a strong cold front approached. That’s exactly what happened on May 8, 1923. Imagine, it’s a warm spring day, then suddenly the mercury plunges. While this storm caused little damage and only dropped about a foot of snow in some of the hardest hit locations, it was still considered a significant storm because it caught everyone off guard. Snowdrifts from the strong winds reached more than four feet.Ĭan it really snow in Michigan in May? Yes it can! An awful lot in fact. Snowfalls of almost two feet crippled cities and towns across Michigan and other Great Lakes states. About 235 mariners lost their lives on Lake Huron during the horrific storm. Lake Huron took the worst hit, losing several ships that were in the area en-route to and from the St. Waves ripped apart breakwaters, and the wind smashed telephone poles and powerlines. Sustained winds across the entire state of Michigan are believed to have reached 60 to 70 mph. Typically these storms are called November Gales, but in 1913 wind gusts reached hurricane speeds of up to 90 mph, producing 35 foot waves on the big lakes. Two powerful low fronts, one from Alberta and one from Colorado, converged over the Great Lakes, picking up energy from the still-warm lake water. It left a path of devastation in its wake, toppling ships on the Great Lakes, killing 250 people. This blizzard with hurricane-force winds blew across Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas and into Ohio, New York and Ontario, Canada, for four days. But anyone who lived through the Great Lakes storm of November 1913 would probably disagree.Ĭalled the White Hurricane, it’s considered one of the worst snowstorms to hit the region in recorded history. Technically, Michigan doesn’t have hurricanes. Here are five of Michigan’s biggest snowstorms in recent history. With all that snow, you can bet Michigan has seen its share of big snowstorms. The “Snow Thermometer” near Calumet displays snowfall totals for Michigan’s snowiest location.
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