© Brad BarnettA Houghton-area home after the Wednesday-Thursday storm moved through.
The National Weather Service in Marquette said that area experienced nearly 12 hours of blizzard conditions, as measured at the nearby Marquette/Sawyer Regional Airport.
The NWS Marquette office also broke a daily snowfall record on Wednesday, with 20.8 inches of snow. That topped the previous March 5 record of 15.8 inches set in 2021.
Across the area, residents and visitors have been sharing photos and videos on social media of big snow drifts against buildings, and huge snow piles lining the driveways of homes.
A couple Marquette Police officers took advantage of the huge snow piles to stage a great photo - and gave a shout-out to the road-clearing crews:
"Thank you to the Marquette Department of Public Works for keeping up on the snow so we can respond to our calls and keep our community safe!"
So how much snow did everyone get? The heaviest swath of snow stretched from the bottom of the Keweenaw Peninsula east into Marquette.
- In Baraga County, Mount Arvon - the state's highest natural point - received 20 inches of snow
- Houghton County spots had nearly 16 inches
- Negaunee in Marquette County had 24 inches
- Ironwood clocked in with 15 inches
The winds were really something, too. Some of the U.P.'s most far-flung places had really high winds. Isle Royale, an archipelago in northern Lake Superior - measured 59 mph winds. Stannard Rock, a lighthouse 24 miles from the mainland, had a 66 mph gust. Marquette's U.S. Coast Guard station measured 62 mph winds.
Here is the NWS summary of the March 5-6 Blizzard:
"Strong winter storm lifted through the Great Lakes Monday March 4 through Thursday morning. This produced freezing rain, rain, and then widespread heavy, wet snow, strong winds, and blizzard conditions.
"Widespread 6 to 24 inches of snow was observed across Upper Michigan as well as 35 to 50 mph winds. Highest storm total snow reported was 24 inches 2 miles from WFO MQT and the highest wind observed was 62 mph at the Marquette Coast Guard Station and 66 mph at the University of Michigan observation at Stannard Rock.
"WFO Marquette's storm total snow was 22.7 inches. The office also set records for daily maximum QPF at 2.55 inches and daily snowfall 20.8 inches for March 5th. Blizzard conditions were observed for nearly 12 hours at KSAW."
Bob, " them poor yanks down der got two feet uh snow, eh ? how much is that when 'ya convertible to meteoric ? "
Doug, " well that's some easy maths, listen here lad: the sled's tree feet wide, 'an ten two-fer's long, so ya take five ice auger bits, divide by a case o' Forty-Creek, then lad ya got four loonies left over plus a free Timmies roll-up double double, then portage that 'ting up to the Park ... so that'd be six hund'erd 'an ninety six decimal six, mouse terds ...going up 'an down like, eh."
Bob, " well holy loon sh!t ! ... soooo... what's the biggie Doug ? "
Doug, " it's a biggie 'cuz orange man dunna like the great white nort' lad 'an tis one more 'ting he's gonna blame us 'fer ".