OFFICIAL SNOW TOTAL

jacquel · Post by **jacquel** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:24 am

There have been a lot of questions about the amount of snow we have received this winter. Now before I hear about more on the south end, less on the north end.. I'm in the middle and am the location of the official National Weather Service Cooperative Observer post for the island... that said.....

Yesterday, Sunday, we OFFICIALLY passed the 100 inch mark for Beaver Island. The record snowfall for an entire winter on Beaver Island is 138 inches.... we still a lot of winter to go. Think we will pass it? Maybe we should have a contest about how many inches we will end up with for the entire winter... Or a date when we will officially pass the 138" mark. No money involved.. just fun.

So take a guess and add it here on both---- how much total and what date we will pass 138".

Tony Gatliff · Post by **Tony Gatliff** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:15 am

My guess for the total amount is 142" with 138" being surpassed on 2-27-14.

On a positive note, our lake levels should rise significantly with the ice coverage and snow pack.

stardust · Post by **stardust** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:15 pm

Im going to with 162.5 inchs of snow

Dyanne Tracy · Post by **Dyanne Tracy** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:33 pm

In what year was the 138" snowfall?

stardust · Post by **stardust** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:49 pm

winter of 2008-2009 we reached our record snowfall of 138"

Andy's Grooming Barn · Wed Jan 29, 2014 11:45 am

I think we will pass the 138 mark by Feb 20th with a total inches of 156 for the year...........although I am hoping that I am wrong and we get no more snow!

Trish Scott · Post by **Trish Scott** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:47 pm

Record broken by March 1. Total for season will be 145.

jacquel · Post by **jacquel** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:48 pm

The 9 and 10 news reported on snowfall for the area and included BI, reporting a total of 48". Please realize that was at the end of December and they did not contact anyone on the island to verify the information. We are now about 109" and another storm due in tomorrow.

Jacque

jflanagan · Post by **jflanagan** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:09 pm

Any pictures out there???

Phyllis Moore · Post by **Phyllis Moore** » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:26 pm

Jim there are loads of them posted on Facebook.

Chamber of Commerce · Post by **Chamber of Commerce** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:34 am

Photos here www.facebook.com/beaverisland more to follow

Rahn · Post by **Rahn** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:25 pm

If you haven't seen the NOAA map yet, it's really amazing. Shows ice coverage for all the great lakes in grey and black, and also shows water temps in colors.

http://unofficialnetworks.com/lake-mich ... le-128275/

jacquel · Post by **jacquel** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:33 am

113" as of Friday.

Beth Croswhite · Post by **Beth Croswhite** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 4:29 pm

I'm going with 200" on April 1! That'll be a good joke.

March is usually our heavy snow month! Big storms and lots of windy snow sculpting.

Trish Scott · Post by **Trish Scott** » Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:29 pm

Perhaps with the lake freezing, that may stop the snow machine. Are you still getting mass quantities?

Beaver Island Michigan

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