The calendar says it is springtime, but the Upper Peninsula looked more like the middle of winter on Saturday as very heavy snow fell across the region.
It was not a laughing matter for motorists on this April Fool’s Day.
The National Weather Service spent the day collecting snowfall amounts from its weather spotters in all corners of the U.P. The heaviest-hit areas appeared to be Dickinson and Chippewa Counties, while the Copper Country largely missed out on this wintry event.
The following are the snowfall totals, as reported by the National Weather Service. Some of the reports came in while the storm was still going on, so some of the totals may not be the final numbers.
Norway 22 inches
Caspian 22 inches
Sault Ste. Marie 18.6 inches
Rudyard 18 inches
Armstong Creek, Wis. 18 inches
Sagola 17 inches
Brimley 16 inches
Iron Mountain 15.8 inches
Gladstone 14 inches
Newberry 12 inches
Chatham 12 inches
Gwinn 10.4 inches
Crystal Falls 10.3 inches
Hermansville 10.2 inches
Escanaba 10 inches
Negaunee 9.6 inches
Munising 9.3 inches
Rapid Rivcr 8.5 inches
Marquette 8.2 inches
Ishpeming 8 inches
Manistique 6 inches
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