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The ghost town
of Delaware, Michigan (located just off the
highway near Mohawk) is the official "Midwest
Snow Capital." The Keweenaw County Road
Commission has been measuring the snow fall
in this area since 1957. They use an open-top
wood box measuring about 18" square and
ten inches deep and check it daily during the
winter months to keep track of a cumulative
total for the season. A record was set in the
winter of 1978 to 1979, when the total snowfall
topped 390.4 inches (approximately 32.5 feet
or 9.9 meters). This is probably the highest
record for any area east of the Rocky Mountains
in the United States. Snow fall, measured in
inches, during the winter months for that record
year speaks volumes about the challenges of
working and living in the area: November (49.2),
December (116.4), January (111.4), February
(53.0), March (52.6) and April (7.8). If you
look at the red arrow about 2/3 of the way up,
you can see that the 2005-2006 season total
was only a "paltry" 25 feet of snow!
Upper
Peninsula Travel Guide
Eagle
Harbor Area Guide
[Click here for a bigger map]
Photographed by
Judy Ness 7/1/06
Posted on RoadTrip America 8/06
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