08-02-2024 - On This Day in Insane History

On August 2nd, 2024 in the small town of Kalamazoo, Michigan, something most peculiar occurred. It was reported that at approximately 9:52AM the weather suddenly changed from a mild sunny morning to an hour-long snowstorm, with two inches of snow accumulating on the ground. While snow in August is uncommon, it's not unheard of in the area. What was truly strange was that the snow fell in a perfectly delineated one-mile diameter circle with the town center at its center. Neighboring communities just outside the circles bounds experienced their usual summer weather without disruption.

Local record-keeper Mabel Wiggins proclaimed she 'had not seen the likes of such anomalous precipitation in all her 47 years'. When news of the localized snow reached regional forecasters, bafflement ensued. Meteorologist Jack Thompson told press "our radar and satellite imagery shows no storm system was in the area which could account for this isolated snowfall." Scientists from a nearby university were dispatched to investigate. Upon collecting data and samples, they could find no explanation. To this day, the mystery of the August snow circle in Kalamazoo remains an oddity in climatological records, making this otherwise average Saturday anything but normal.