Bad enough that I need to upgrade my rain gauge the next time any hurricane remnants (such as Ike) come rolling through. I had to dump it multiple times per day and at my best guest we received somewhere in the neighborhood of 8″ or so. I heard on the radio that places [...]

Go North!
To Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to be exact. Here’s a quick glance around at some of today’s temps in the U.P. -
Marquette - 76
Escanaba - 75
Sault Ste. Marie - 78
Paradise - 72
Versus a smattering of some Lower Peninsula temps -
Detroit - 90
Grand Rapids - 90
White Pigeon - 88
Traverse City - 86
Not sure [...]

The top news headline of each day is one of the following:

“Yet another day of single digit temperatures”
“4-6 inches of snow expected overnight”
“Number of potholes at a record high”
“Warm temps and rain to bring another round of flooding”
“Today’s near record warmth to be followed by sub-zero wind chills”

Seriously, I can’t remember a winter like this [...]

I am marking October 23, 2007 down in my personal history books. In the four years since we have moved in to our current home yesterday was the latest I have ever turned my furnace on. We have yet to have a hard frost and the last frost of any kind we had [...]

You can take this with a rather large grain of salt, but Accuweather.com is predicting above average temperatures and around normal snowfall amounts. Don’t go betting the farm that you’ll be saving big bucks on your heating bills though.
I don’t put too much stock in the forecast for an entire season. There could [...]

Michigan law enforcement and public safety workers across the state contribute road condition information that is provided to the public at http://www.ohsp.state.mi.us/rw/home.htm. This service is provided during Michigan’s winter months - September to June (just kidding) Late November/Early December through March 30th.
Simply click on the area of the Michigan map that you want road [...]

Hopefully this recent cold spell will begin to help out Michigan’s beleaguered winter dependent businesses. Ski hills are making snow around the clock to make up for the lack of the natural variety. Of course, snowmobilers and cross country skiers still need the snow and so do the businesses that depend on raising [...]

We had measurable snowfall in October. November was rainy and downright balmy. December is lurking just around the corner and with it some winter weather. The Mining Journal showed a picture of a man surfing (yes surfing) yesterday in Lake Superior near Marquette.
Alas, all of this is simply a mirage for those [...]

Despite the balmy weather of the past few days, winter is still trying to stick around. The western Upper Peninsula was slammed with their worst storm of the season on Monday. Around southwest Michigan we saw colder temps and a skiff of snow, but that didn’t keep the Robins from coming back. [...]