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Midway observer Frank Wachowski reports that 0.03″ of precipitation has fallen there so far today during this morning’s showers. That brings the annual precipitation total there for 2014 to 49.66″ breaking the old record of 49.64″ established at the South Side Airport in 1993. Weather records at Midway date back to 1928.
The city’s official annual precipitation record is 50.86 inches recorded at O’Hare International Airport in 2008. With nearly two months to go in the year and needing just an other 1.21 inches of precipitation it likely that Midway will top that total. Precipitation has been much heavier across the south portions of the Chicago area this year. Through this morning, the city’s official precipitation total measured at O’Hare for 2014 stands at 37.27″ and while well above the normal to date of 31.90 inches, is more than a foot (12.39″) less than Midway’s total.
Why does Buffalo get so much lake-effect snow while areas near Lake Michigan never get that much?
-Jeff Cedar Lake, Indiana#
Dear Jeff,
Richard Mamrosh, a weather service senior forecaster in Green Bay who previously worked in both Chicago and Buffalo explained that Buffalo’s large metro area is uniquely located for lake-effect snow. The city lies at the narrowing end of Lake Erie which makes the winds accelerate and converge as they come onshore. There is also some higher terrain in the area which adds to the lift and convergence increasing the snowfall. However, Lake Michigan has also produced some impressive snow totals. In February, 1958 Michigan City, Indiana was buried by 40 inches, while the La Porte area received nearly five feet.
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(The one about October snowfalls)
