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The following are all the articles that Bill Deedler has put on the White Lake webpage since we first came onto the World Wide Web in April of 1996.

• April 6, 1886, Super Snowstorm
  The 120th anniversary of Detroit’s biggest snowstorm - April 6th, 1886.

• When Normal Isn't
  Climate normals aren't always normal.

• Nice and Bright to Black as Night
  A look at the memorable derecho that swept through far southern Michigan on July 16th, 1980.

• Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak
  April 11th, 2005, was the 40th anniversary of the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak. In 1965, 47 tornadoes ripped across the Midwest in a 12 hour period, one of the largest tornado outbreaks in history. More information...

• Hurricanes in Michigan?
  Remnants of hurricanes (once they become "extra-tropical") make their way to Michigan an average of twice a decade. Read about some notable once-tropical systems that have affected Southeast Michigan in this updated article by Bill Deedler.

• White Christmas?
  How common are white Christmases across Southeast Michigan? Bill Deedler looks at our historic chances for a white Christmas, and also some notable Christmases of the past.

• Peak Fall Color Nears
  With trees changing color, Bill Deedler discusses this season's color and how weather affects fall foliage.

• "A great storm is upon Michigan" - The Great Blizzard of 1978 : 25th Anniversary of the one of the most severe winter storms ever to hit the Great Lakes Region.

• How do the dry spells of 2002 compare to previous years?

• The Snow Storms of 1886 and 1974 and their similarities.

• Bill Deedler and Jeff Boyne take a look at La Niña and its affects on the upcoming winter weather (winter of 1999-2000) for Southeast Lower Michigan.

• The Winter of 1899-1900 and a close look at the last week of 1899.

• How the remnants of Hurricanes have affected Michigan.

• A Thumbnail Sketch of a Great Flood in Southeast Michigan.

• How past El Niño Winters have affected Southeast Lower Michigan.

• How the Summer and Fall weather affects Fall Foliage.

• Summertime dry spells.

• The Cold Summer of 1992.

• Wide Variety of weather that is possible during the month of May.

• Mild March of 1945.

• All about White Christmases.

• Great Lakes Storm of 1913.

• What is Indian Summer?

• Heat Waves across Southeast Lower Michigan and information about the Heat Index.

• Story of the Flint-Beecher Tornado.

• Snow Storm that occurred across Southeast Lower Michigan in May of 1923.