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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1253 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024

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

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED AT ALPENA
COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024. THIS OBLITERATES THE
OLD DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 61 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET IN 2018.

IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, THIS ALSO
ESTABLISHES A NEW FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR ALPENA AT
70 DEGREES, ALSO SOUNDLY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME FEBRUARY
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET BACK ON FEBRUARY
23RD, 1984.

ON TOP OF THE MONTHLY RECORD, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT ALPENA DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SINCE
RECORDS BEGAN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 65 DEGREES, SET THREE
SEPARATE TIMES: DECEMBER 25TH, 1982, FEBRUARY 23RD, 1984, AND
DECEMBER 5TH, 2001.

FINALLY, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE FIRST TIME THAT THE 70 DEGREE
MARK WAS ECLIPSED IN ALPENA 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 ALPENA OCCURRED ON MARCH 7TH, 2000.

WEATHER RECORDS FOR ALPENA DATE TO 1916.

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