Detroit Snow Record Reaches A New High, Breaking Previous Number
There is a new Detroit snow record as of 4 p.m. Tuesday. A total of 94.8 inches of snow had been measured in the 2013 to 2014 season at Detroit’s Metro Airport, erasing the previous record snowiest season, 93.6 inches set in 1880 to 1881. Light snow was still falling Tuesday afternoon.
According to the National Weather Service in Romulus, Michigan, here are some other notables about the 2013-14 winter season in the Motor City:
– Record streak of days with at least 1 inch of snow cover: (77 straight days ending on Mar. 17)
– Snowiest single month on record: (39.1 inches in January 2014; almost 89 percent of their average snow for an entire season)
– Coldest November-March period since 1911-12: (Fourth-coldest on record)
– Most days with highs failing to rise above freezing since 1903-04: (79 days; third-most on record for any season)
– Most days with lows below zero since 1983-84: (13 days; ties for seventh-most in any season)
