National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Winter 2016-'17 will be remembered mostly for it's warm spells. Winter started out warm, with November 2016 one of the warmest ever with very little snow. December cooled off to near normal and there were a few December days where temperatures dropped to around zero. Snow picked up and a big lake effect snow occurred Decwmber 8-10th with more than 2 feet in some locations in the snowbelt of northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.  The cold weather and some lake effect snow continued into the first half of January, then it began to warm up. The warm weather blasted through February 2017 with average temperatures as much as 10 degrees above normal, the warmest February ever for most of the area! Just when folks were ready to hit the golf course, it got cold again in March. In fact, the average temperature for March 2017 was colder than February. A late season snow on April 6-7th capped off the winter. Snow totals outside of the snowbelt were below normal, especially across northwest Ohio, where a few spots did not even reach double digit seasonal snow totals. The volunteer snow observer in Port Clinton (Ottawa County, OH) recorded less than 9 inches for the entire season! Seasonal snow did increase to the east and areas around Youngstown and into Pennsylvania recorded near normal seasonal snow thanks to several late season snows. The snowbelt also ended up with near normal seasonal snow.

 

This is a map showing the seasonal snowfall totals across northern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania.

 

Summary of Snowfall at Climate Sites
2016-2017  Oct 16  Nov 16  Dec 16  Jan 17  Feb 17  Mar 17  Apr 17  May 17 Total 2016-17
Toledo 0 T 13.2 2.8 1.0 4.7 0.7 0 22.4
Mansfield 0 0.2 11 6.6 3.8 10.7 4.3 0 36.6
Cleveland 0 0.9 9.6 11.5 3.2 9.3 2.8 0 37.3
Akron-Canton 0 2.1 7.5 7.4 4.2 13.5 2.5 0 37.2
Youngstown 0 4.4 23.3 13.6 6.1 20.1 2.0 0 69.5
Erie PA 0 2.4 22.2 33.4 10.3 9.8 0.5 0 78.6

 

Samples 2016-'17
Swanton 6.7 NNE                       19.8
Perrysburg                                  16.8
Waterville                                    13.0
Bowling Green                              9.7
Port Clinton 2.5 W                        8.6
Put-In-Bay                                    7.0
Sandusky                                    10.6
Tiffin 5.2 SE                                12.1
Fremont 2.2 ENE                        12.0
Bucyrus                                      14.2
New Washington 5 SW               21.3
Galion                                         27.3
New Bloomington (Marion Cty)     8.5
Mount Gillead                             22.0
Bellevue                                      25.1
New London                               26.7
Sullivan (Ashland Cty)                 22.6
Perrysville (Ashland Cty)             21.2
Kidron                                         20.3
Fredericktown 4 NNW                22.7
Lexington (Richland Cty)            27.1
Wellington 5.5 SW                      23.6
Elyria                                           31.3
Chippewa Twp (Medina Cty)        35.5
North Ridgeville                          36.0
Westlake                                     31.6
Lakewood                                   41.0
Parma 1.9 NNW                          41.7
Parma 1.8 SE                              48.6
Brecksville 1.7 SE                       38.2
Shaker Heights                           57.0
Maple Hts (Cuyahoga Cty)           63.6
Brunswick                                   45.0
Wadsworth 4.7 WNW                  42.4
Fairlawn                                      36.6
Greene (Summit)                         43.5
Akron                                          39.3
Tallmadge                                   38.4
Munroe Falls                               42.4
Alliance                                       36.0
East Canton                                31.0
Euclid                                          59.6
Chagrin Falls                               85.2
Willoughby 2.9 SW                      72.8
Mentor                                        55.1
Kirtland                                       86.6
South Madison                            82.0
Hambden Twp (Geauga Cty)        129.5
Chardon                                     102.7
Burton                                         86.0
Montville                                    116.6
Middlefield                                  65.5
Hiram                                          70.0
Mantua  1 NNW                          65.3
Sagamore Hills                            56.0
Twinsburg                                    63.7
Ravenna                                      42.8
Newton Falls                               55.2
Warren NW                                  49.0
Austintown                                  40.0
Salem 4.5 NE                              36.2
Minerva                                       32.7
Geneva                                        74.5
Ashtabula                                    65.9                                      
Conneaut                                    72.2
Monroe Twp (Ashtabula Cty)       119.6
Andover                                      97.0
Jefferson 4 N                             104.1
Dorset                                         98.0
Roaming Shores (Ashtabula)      106.9 
Fairview, PA                                76.8
Northeast 5 SW, PA                   167.0
Amity Twp, PA (Erie Cty)            138.4
Colt Station, PA (Erie Cty)          156.1
Edinboro, PA                             153.4
Springboro, PA                          113.3
Cambridge Springs, PA              129.5
Canadohta Lake, PA                  125.4
Meadville, PA                            105.4