They had a stretch of 115 days with 8″ or more of snow on the ground (12/28 – 4/21). The greatest snow depth this winter at Marquette was 42″ (3 and a half feet) on Feb. 23rd.

Lake effect snow occurs when cold air moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes creating snowfall, said Lily Chapman, a meteorologist at the NWS Forecast office in Marquette.