Annual Snowfall for Benzie County, Michigan
as of 5-13-2024

As measured at the Benzie County Road Commission, the official annual snowfall for the county is 59.25 inches for the 2023-2024 winter season.

The official average annual snowfall for the county is 119.6 inches seen over 80 seasons, from 1944 to 2024.

For what it's worth, here are some 10-year averages:

As of spring 1956: 93.9 inches (1946-1956)
As of spring 1966: 124.4 inches (1956-1966)
As of spring 1976: 108.9 inches (1966-1976)
As of spring 1986: 132.3 inches (1976-1986)
As of spring 1996: 124.0 inches (1986-1996)
As of spring 2006: 140.6 inches (1996-2006)
(A general trend upwards)

As of spring 2016: 134.7 inches (2006-2016)
As of spring 2017: 130.9 inches (2007-2017)
As of spring 2018: 133.0 inches (2008-2018)
As of spring 2019: 126.5 inches (2009-2019)
As of spring 2020: 128.2 inches (2009-2020)
As of spring 2021: 123.4 inches (2010-2021)
As of spring 2022: 125.1 inches (2011-2022)
As of spring 2023: 119.8 inches (2012-2023)
As of spring 2024: 102.7 inches (2013-2024)
(A general trend downwards)

The annual snowfall per year since 1944-45 is shown in the chart below. Note that since 1944 when records started being kept:

  • the maximum snowfall we've received is 230" during the 2013-14 season
  • the minimum is 33.5" during the 1973-74 season
  • the second highest is 213.5".during the 1996-1994 season
  • the second lowest was 59.25".during the 2023-2024 season



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More Details...

For those that like more detail, here is a table of monthy snowfall accumulation from 1944 to 2020. (Please note that for seven years we have no monthly data.) Here are some conslusions...
  • We rarely see any accumulation in October or May. (We saw snow just five times in October and just once in May over 69 years.)
  • Monthly averages over 69 seasons:
    • November: 10.3"
    • December 31.7"
    • January: 40.4"
    • February: 24.6"
    • March: 14.3"
    • April: 3.2"
  • Monthly lows and highs over 69 seasons:
    • November: 0.0" to 33.0"
    • December 2.0" to 108.0"
    • January: 15.5" to 90.0"
    • February: 2.0" to 58.75"
    • March: 0.0" to 38.5"
    • April: 0.0" to 26.0"
  • The most snow we ever saw in one month was 108" in December of 1989.
  • No snow:
    • For only 7 years out of 69 (10%) we saw no snow in November.
    • For 27 years out of 69 (39%) we saw no snow in April.
    • For just 2 years out of 69 (3%) we saw no snow in March.
  • We always get snow in December, January, and February.


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The data is courtesy of the
Benzie County Road Commission.