Metro Detroit Dodges El Nino Weather Disaster

[Gistok]

It seems that whenever there is an El Nino winter [[mild or otherwise), metro Detroit usually misses the huge snowfalls or other weather disasters.

I remember back in the 2006 El Nino we didn't have snow until January... only rain in November and December of 2006.

Are we just lucky or do the Great Lakes give us a weather advantage during the El Nino winters?

Maybe we're the non-moving "eye of the hurricane" during El Nino winters??

Praying for more miracles....

[MrNittany]

El Ninos definitely tend toward warmer, drier [[vs. the long-term average) winters for the Lower Great Lakes.

1982-83 and 1997-98, the last 2 STRONG El Ninos, are the classic case studies.

Of course, that's climate, and not weather. I still remember New Year's Eve 1997 was BITTER cold [[one of those days with a high of 15, a low of 5, and strong winds).