You won't believe how much snow has fallen

On an average year the Sault Ste. Marie region usually receives just over 300 cm of snow.

Typically 40 cm of that total falls in the month of November.

In the last week alone, Sault Ste. Marie has received over 100 cm…..let that sink in and then remember it’s only November 14.

We have already received over a third of our entire snowfall amount for an entire winter and we are still in the first half of November.

This is an incredible climatological event.

Yesterday (Thursday) the Sault Ste. Marie airport recorded 61 cm of snow in the one day.

That ties a record dating back to 1947 for the most snow in a single day EVER for this location…..let that sink in again and then remember again that it’s only November 14.

What’s even more remarkable is that the previous snowfall record occurred in February of 1947, in the heart of winter!

The previous snowfall record for daily snow in November was 37 cm in 1988, we nearly doubled that yesterday. Yet another incredible climatological event.

Friday will finally bring an end to the lake effect snow machine and may even give way to the odd sunny break.

Daytime highs will remain over five degrees below normal values for mid-November as they remain below freezing.

There remains a risk of the odd flurry through the day.

Saturday will start out cold with morning lows likely below -10°C.

Despite periodic sunshine the daytime highs will again be a couple degrees below freezing – but there shouldn’t be any snow.

Sunday will see a system move just south of the Sault Ste. Marie region, but the northern edge should just be close enough to bring more snow.

2-5 cm looks likely for Sunday, but a change in the systems path could push that number up closer to near 10 cm.

If you’ve made it through the first 100 cm this past week – heck another 10 cm barely matters now.