Blizzard conditions, freezing rain and a March heat wave top the
list of Michigan weather events on this day in history. From the
National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center (SPC)
archives here are the events that happened on March 13. 1904 - A
snowstorm drops up to a foot of snow across Lower Michigan with
record daily snowfall of 10.5 inches at Grand Rapids, 10.0
inches at Lansing and 8.0 inches at Muskegon. This snow would
contribute to some of the worst floods on record in southwest
Lower Michigan when it melts off during the last week of the
month. 1988 – Squalls in the Great Lakes Region continued to
produce heavy snow in northwest Wisconsin and Upper Michigan,
and produced up to 14 inches of snow in northwest Ohio, Poplar,
WI reported 27 of snow in two days. (The National Weather
Summary) (Storm Data) In Michigan, Copper Harbor receives a
record 14 inches. 1997 – Low pressure tracked across Southeast
Lower Michigan. The storm brought widespread precipitation,
mostly in the form of freezing rai