October Snow in Chardon, Ohio

An October gift of Lake Erie. Life in the Snowbelt!

Winter in Chardon, Ohio

Linda shoveling the snow after a "lake effect" in Chardon, Ohio.

In a typical year we might get 120 inches of snow in the Lake Erie Snowbelt. That means a lot of shoveling and snow-blowing. We probably get double the snowfall that Cleveland gets.

Cold and Snowy Winter in Greater Cleveland!

What a winter this has been in Hambden Township, Chardon, and Greater Cleveland! For a while Lake Erie froze over, and we have been dumped on by about 100 inches of snow in total. Temperatures have hit -13 in Cleveland and -17 in Hambden Township (at Guy Wilson's Weather Underground weather station on Chardon-Windsor Road). Tomorrow we will hit the 40's so snow will begin to melt. Still, I bet almost 2 feet of snow will remain after tomorrow's snow melt.

The people around here are tough! And the weather is one of the reasons.

Lake Effect Snow in Chardon

A foot of lake-effect snow fell last night on Chardon, Ohio--and it didn't close the schools! Euclid, 25 miles to the west, got a dusting of snow, and even Mentor, near Lake Erie, only got a couple inches. The photo above shows the snow on my deck table.