The Saturday snowstorm put down a solid blanket of snow across the northern half of Lower Michigan and a sliver of the eastern U.P. Here are the snowfall totals.

Snowfall totals for December 11-12, 2020
Snowfall totals for December 11-12, 2020
You had to be around and north of Big Rapids, Mount Pleasant and Gladwin to get several inches of snow. The large area of northern Lower shaded yellow or orange had over six inches of snow. The small darker orange spot near Alpena had over one foot of snow.

The southern half of Lower Michigan and most of the U.P. didn't get in on the snowstorm, as expected.



Here's a rundown of all of the snowfall reports.

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Lachine in Alpena County had the heaviest snow with 15.0 inches measured.

Alpena's 13.7 inches of snow should make it the third largest December snowfall on record. The heaviest December snows at Alpena are 16.4 inches in 1989 and 14.0 inches in 1946 according to National Weather Service climate data.

Here's a look at the forecast of snowfall from my MLive post on December 10, about 36 hours before the start of the snowstorm. As the storm got closer, here is a tweaked snowfall forecast. The placement of the rain-snow line was perfect. The snowfall amounts were right on, with maybe the exception of the eight inch area being a little more widespread than I expected.