Record Report
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
0103 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024

...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE, AND METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE SET AT TRAVERSE CITY MI ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED AT CHERRY
CAPITAL AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024. THIS ABSOLUTELY CRUSHES THE
OLD DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 57 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET IN 2018.

IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, THIS ALSO
ESTABLISHES A NEW FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR TRAVERSE
CITY AT 73 DEGREES, ALSO SOUNDLY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME
FEBRUARY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES, PREVIOUSLY SET ON
FEBRUARY 22ND, 2017.

ON TOP OF THE MONTHLY RECORD, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT TRAVERSE CITY DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER
SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 66 DEGREES, SET TWO
SEPARATE TIMES: FEBRUARY 22ND, 2017 AND DECEMBER 16TH, 2021.

FINALLY, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE FIRST TIME THAT THE 70 DEGREE
MARK WAS ECLIPSED IN TRAVERSE CITY IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND
ESTABLISHES THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF A 70 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE
IN A CALENDAR YEAR. THE PREVIOUS EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF A 70 DEGREE
HIGH TEMPERATURE IN TRAVERSE CITY OCCURRED ON MARCH 7TH, 2000.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR TRAVERSE CITY DATE TO 1896.

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