The snowfall in Southeast Michigan on Wednesday was much heavier than expected, leading to hundreds of school closures and a messy morning commute throughout the region.
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Wednesday’s winter storm was heavier than anticipated due to lake effect snow, which was significantly underestimated by all model data.
Here’s a list of snow totals reported throughout the region, as of noon on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, according to the National Weather Service:
Genesee County
- Linden -- 1 inch
- Flint Bishop Airport -- 1.4 inches
Lenawee County
- Morenci -- 2.1 inches
- Clinton -- 4.1 inches
Macomb County
- Shelby Township -- 3.5 inches
- Sterling Heights -- 4.3 inches
- Eastpointe -- 5.5 inches
- Richmond -- 6.1 inches
Monroe County
- Monroe -- 4 inches
Oakland County
- Royal Oak -- 4 inches
- Beverly Hills -- 4.5 inches
- West Bloomfield -- 5 inches
- Ortonville -- 5.1 inches
- Novi -- 6 inches
- White Lake -- 6.3 inches
St. Clair County
- Riley Center -- 3.7 inches
Washtenaw County
- Ann Arbor -- 4 inches
Wayne County
- Grosse Pointe Farms -- 3 inches
- Livonia -- 5.5 inches
- Romulus -- 6.1 inches
- Wyandotte -- 6.2 inches