Gaylord Beats Its Own Snowfall Record Over the Weekend

Over the weekend, the Michigan town of Gaylord broke its own record.

Gaylord is known throughout the state as having the most snowfall in Michigan. The previous Gaylord snowfall record occurred on March 9, 1942 when it logged a top snowfall of 17 inches. Well, that record was finally beaten on Friday, November29, 2024, when Gaylord had a drop of 24.8 inches of snow.

According to Mlive, meteorologists at the Gaylord office announced: “With an additional 6.6″ of snow since 7pm, this brings the final daily snowfall total (and thus the final tally for the snowiest calendar day on record for Gaylord) on November 29th, 2024 to 24.8″. This annihilates the previous record for the snowiest calendar date, which was 17.0″ on March 9th, 1942.“