Detroit, MI
A look at winter storm totals across Metro Detroit
Winter is tightening its grip on Metro Detroit after a slow start to the season.
Detroit Metro Airport tallied 0.1 inches of snow in December 2023, which is far short of the average 8.9 inches for the month. It was also warmer than normal.
Fast-forward to now, and January is trying to live up to its reputation and records as the snowiest and coldest month of the year for this region.
Through Jan. 10, Romulus had picked up only an inch of snow. Another inch and a half fell on Jan. 11. The winter storm of Jan. 12-13 dropped several more inches. During an 18-hour window ending Saturday morning, 4.7 inches had accumulated at the weather observation station for Metro Detroit’s records.
Depending on location, you may have thought: “Here we go again! Nothing to see here,” or “Wow. That’s a lot of snow.”
Snow intensity was not the only factor in differing totals, but the rain cut down snow totals in some areas. In Metro Detroit, accumulations from the Jan. 12-13 storm were greatest in Oakland County and increasingly lower to the east and by the shoreline.
Gusty winds complicated some of the weather observers’ efforts to measure the snowfall, but this what they reported to the National Weather Service through Saturday morning:
8.5″ Ortonville, Oakland County
8.0″ White Lake Township, Oakland County
6.3″ Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County
5.9″ Richmond, Macomb County
4.9″ Mount Clemens, Macomb County
4.7″ Romulus, Wayne County
4.5″ Shelby Township, Macomb County
4.4″ Dearborn, Wayne County
4.2″ Wyandotte, Wayne County
4.0″ Farmington, Oakland County
4.0″ Morenci, Lenawee County
4.0″ Clio, Genesee County
3.5″ Burton, Genesee County
3.0″ Lakeport, St. Clair County
3.0″ Dundee, Monroe, County
2.3″ Roseville, Macomb, County
2.3″ Howell, Livingston County
2.0″ Flint, Genesee County
1.5″ Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County
While the intensity of the winter storm varied considerably across Southeast Michigan, we will all be subjected to the bitter cold in the wake of the storm.
Drivers should make sure that they have winter emergency kits for their vehicles. Supplies could include a first aid kit, snacks, a flashlight, jumper cables, blanket, gloves, shovel, snow brush and scraper, salt and cat litter, and bottles of water.
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Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
The Detroit Police Department is investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in the arm near a park on Tuesday.
The shooting happened at about 8:50 p.m. near the Fargo-Oaklfield Playground on the city’s west side. Police Chief Todd Bettison says the child was in front of his home riding a bike with his father supervising at the time of the shooting.
Bettison says an individual at the park fired multiple shots, striking the child. He says the boy’s father reported hearing shots and the child falling from his bike.
Bettison says the child is expected to be OK.
Bettison says the person appears to have been firing shots randomly, which he calls “problematic.” He says a person of interest is described as possibly between 15 and 16 years old and wearing a mask. He says the person is known to frequent the area.
“When you fire a weapon, what goes up must go down,” Bettison said. “To parents and everyone, know where your kids are. Juveniles should not have guns, and whether you’re an adult or a child, you should not be firing a weapon inside of the city limits.”
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield released a statement, saying in part, “By the grace of God, this young boy will recover from his injury and is on his way home from the hospital. With that said, this incident was senseless and could have had a much more tragic ending.
“Every child in Detroit deserves to feel safe riding their bike, playing outside, and simply being a child in their own neighborhood. We cannot accept a reality where our children are placed in harm’s way because someone chose to recklessly fire a gun.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up.
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