Above: Greg Loosvelt of Grosse Pointe Farms jogs on Provencal Road as more than five inches of snow falls Feb. 5, part of a record-setting season. (AP Photo/David Coates)
Yes, it's March. And no, our wicked winter isn't done.
One to three inches of snow could fall by noon Sunday morning, predicts Andrew Humphrey of WDIV.
WDIV forecast for early Sunday.
How wicked has it been overall? Elisha Anderson of the Free Press puts this incessant season in context vividly:
The last time Detroiters endured such a cold and snowy winter, a leading industry in town was cigars, J.L. Hudson was preparing to open his first downtown store and the University of Michigan just recently had began playing football.
That was 1880-81 — more than 130 winters ago. . . .
So far this season, 79.2 inches of snow has fallen at Detroit Metro Airport, making this the second-snowiest season after 1880-81, when 93.6 inches of snow fell.
Anderson talks with a local guy who tracks this stuff professionally:
“When you combine the snow and the cold, there’s nobody alive that has experienced a winter worse,” said Rich Pollman, warning coordination meteorologist for the White Lake Township office of the National Weather Service.He compiled weather statistics showing where the Detroit area ranks with snow fall totals, number of days snow has been stuck on the ground and below-zero days. The records confirm what many living here already thought: It’s been brutal.
The month that starts today usually has six or seven days that stay below freezing days, according to the man in White Lake.
