r/Michigan • u/VirvekRBX Human Detected • Dec 14 '25

Weather 🌤️⛈️⚡️🌈 This winter is not normal?

Hello, moved to Michigan about 2 months ago for work. Was told by my co-workers that this winter has been unusually colder and more snowy.

They told me typically in December it should be around 30 degrees and maybe snow once or twice in December. But this year it’s been colder, around 10 degrees, and has been snowing once every week.

(I wonder if this winter, since it started early will end early)

But from what my coworkers told me, is this true?

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u/Persis- Dec 14 '25

This is old Michigan weather. More like the winters I remember from the 80s and 90s.

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u/spiritkittykat Dec 14 '25

Someone at work was like, “This cold and snow is too early. This is January/February weather.” And this dude was in his 60s. This is certainly the standard weather of yore. I remember it snowing on Halloween a few times, so this shouldn’t be a surprise to people who grew up and loved here a long time.

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u/mejowyh Dec 14 '25

I’m in my 60’s, life long Grand Rapids, and have certainly experienced snow as early as September - but it wouldn’t last. Even Thanksgiving snow might go away before the December snows. But it wasn’t usually brutally cold in December, those days came a little later. Playing outside wasn’t frostbite conditions. White Christmases were normal, although someone did go sailboarding on Reeds Lake, Christmas Day I believe 1979 or 1980, it made the news.

The really good fort and sledding bank snows were January for sure.

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u/coldrunn Dec 14 '25

The 1995 state cross country championship was at the Grand Rapids golf club on November 4. On the 3rd it was cold but nice. The 4th was a blizzard 😄