December Snow Storm Hits Northeast Ohio
The December snow storm is coming from the north, over Lake Erie, and dumping snow 30 miles south of Cleveland. The storm is virtually skipping over the city, only depositing 0.2" of snow in a 12-hour period on Monday.
Snowfall averages for the month of December in Northeast Ohio are normally fairly low. The Cleveland area experiences 13.1," while the Akron area gets only about 9.5".
I live in Medina County, which is halfway between Cleveland and Akron. It was difficult to get an accurate measurement of the snowfall total because of all the blowing and drifting, but, by measuring the accumulation of snow on my deck railing, we have gotten 16.75" of snow since Sunday night.
My mother, who lives 11 miles north from where I live, has less than 3" of snow on the ground. It is snowing there now, but she has a long way to go to catch up to Medina's snowfall total.
Cleveland's eastern suburbs have also been hit. The northeast Ohio snow belt consists of Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula Counties. The snow belt normally gets the highest snow fall from the winds coming off of Lake Erie, but even the snow belt is reporting a wide range of snowfall averages for this storm.
Lake County is reporting 1-3", Geauga County is reporting 4-9", and Ashtabula County is reporting 0.8-8.5" inches of snow for the same time periods.
School closings are just as sporadic as the snow fall totals. Yesterday, our schools released the bus riders 20 minutes early to keep ahead of the deteriorating road conditions. Today, schools in Medina County are closed but only one school district in Cuyahoga County closed. I live three miles from Cuyahoga County and was shocked that our neighboring school district still had school.
This snow storm is dumping a ton of snow on some cities while putting down nothing on neighboring cities. There is no pattern to the storm. Everyone in northeast Ohio is getting some snow; it just depends on how much. The Lake Effect Snow Warning is in effect until 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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19 Comments
Post a CommentSnow storms are hitting all across the country. I am looking forward to summer.
Your photos looked so much like the ones I took last February when I visited my son and his wife in Virginia that I had to stop and take a look. I'm in Virginia again and we visited New York when the big storm hit this year. Seems we can't get away from it. Funny thing is , he used to be stationed in Sand Diego. You can just imagine how much he and his family are missing the sunny southwest.
Our snow is almost gone. Great pictures!
Mike landed in South Bend minutes before the storm began. He said the ride was bumpy!
That's enough snow for the entire winter!
We live in Nashport and they're calling for a lot of snow here today, Monday & Tuesday. Get ready!
I'm still waiting for a big snow storm to get here.
I remember calling into work 30 miles away because we were snowed in one time. They had no snow in their area at the time. When we finally dug out, they called me to not come in because they were snowed in. Snowstorms are so particular. Hope it has stopped by now.
I am so glad I live in SoCal. We saw a couple drops of rain the other day =0)
Makes me glad I don't live in Ohio anymore. Or Michigan. We used to be snowed in for days at a time.