Neighbors lend a hand in Leelanau style

When it rains, it pours. And in the past week it’s been coming down in its frozen state — snow.

In the past week more than a foot of snow has been recorded in the county. And as of yesterday morning, snowfall this month totaled 26.5 inches at the National Weather Service observation station in Maple City — more than twice the 44 inches that had fallen by this time last year making winter 2024-2025 the snowiest since 2013-14 when 263.4 inches was recorded.

The seasonal snowfall stood at 104.5 inches yesterday morning.