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000 CXUS53 KMQT 042118 AAA CLMMQT CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 420 PM EST MON MAR 4 2013 ................................... ...THE MARQUETTE MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1961 TO 2013 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 61 02/17/1981 LOW -34 02/17/1979 HIGHEST 38 02/13 24 14 41 02/05 02/04 LOWEST -20 02/04 5 -25 -3 02/26 02/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 22.5 25.6 -3.1 31.6 AVG. MINIMUM 5.9 5.3 0.6 15.3 MEAN 14.2 15.5 -1.3 23.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 25 20.6 4.4 15 DAYS MIN <= 32 28 27.6 0.4 29 DAYS MIN <= 0 10 10.2 -0.2 2 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.35 2002 MINIMUM 0.48 1994 TOTALS 2.79 2.14 0.65 1.65 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.08 0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 18 13.1 4.9 14 DAYS >= .10 8 5.5 2.5 4 DAYS >= .50 1 1.0 0.0 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.2 -0.2 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.96 02/19 TO 02/20 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 91.9 2002 TOTALS 41.8 35.9 5.9 28.3 SINCE 7/1 133.8 152.4 -18.6 122.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 26 24 2 22 DAYS >= 1.0 11 8.0 3.0 7 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 33 02/28 26 02/27 02/24 02/28 02/20 02/29 24 HR TOTAL 12.6 02/19 TO 02/20 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 1414 1387 27 1198 SINCE 7/1 6310 6624 -314 5781 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/360 DATE 02/19 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 2 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 1 LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3 LIGHT SNOW 22 SLEET 1 FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...FEBRUARY 2013 MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR UPPER MICHIGAN... (THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT INCLUDE CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES) ...COLDER THAN NORMAL... ...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL... ...SECOND HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT MUNISING... ...THIRD HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT ONTONAGON... ...FOURTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AT MUNISING... ...FOURTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT MANISTIQUE AND NEWBERRY... ...SIXTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AT MANISTIQUE... ...NINTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AT NEWBERRY... ...TENTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT HOUGHTON... FEBRUARY CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE MARQUETTE NWS IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP NORMAL DEPARTURE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.2 15.5 MINUS 1.3 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 22.5 25.6 MINUS 3.1 AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 5.9 5.3 PLUS 0.6 HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1414 1387 PLUS 27 COOLING DEGREE DAYS 0 0 0 TOTAL PRECIPITATION 2.79 2.14 PLUS 0.65 TOTAL SNOWFALL 41.8 35.9 PLUS 5.9 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 38 ON 2/13 LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -20 ON 2/4 GREATEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION: 0.94 ON 2/19 GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION: 0.96 ON 2/19-2/20 GREATEST CALENDAR DAY SNOWFALL: 12.4 ON 2/19 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL: 12.6 ON 2/19-2/20 PEAK WIND SPEED: 45 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON 2/19 MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH: 33 ON 2/20...2/24...2/28 DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION ON 2/19...0.94 (OLD RECORD 0.87...1984) DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 2/19...12.4 (7.7...1984) --------------------------------------------------------------------- GREAT LAKES WATER LEVELS (FEET/METERS ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL) MORE TO COME LATER OBTAIN GREAT LAKES WATER LEVEL DATA AS REPORTED BY THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT HTTP://WWW.LRE.USACE.ARMY.MIL/GREATLAKES/HH/GREATLAKESWATERLEVELS/ CURRENTCONDITIONS/GREATLAKESWATERLEVELS (ALL LOWER CASE). --------------------------------------------------------------------- FEBRUARY CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS HIGHEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE...44 AT KENTON IN HOUGHTON COUNTY ON 2/13 LOWEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE...-28 AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION IN MARQUETTE COUNTY ON 2/4 AND STAMBAUGH IN IRON COUNTY ON 2/17 HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...20.3 DEGREES AT MARQUETTE CITY LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...9.7 DEGREES AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION IN MARQUETTE COUNTY HIGHEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...4.34 INCHES AT MOHAWK IN KEWEENAW COUNTY LOWEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...1.10 INCHES AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION HIGHEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL...65.5 INCHES AT ATLANTIC MINE IN HOUGHTON COUNTY LOWEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL...14.2 INCHES AT IRON MOUNTAIN GREATEST SNOW DEPTH...48 INCHES AT HERMAN IN BARAGA COUNTY ON 2/20 MORE TO COME LATER --------------------------------------------------------------------- SOME OTHER TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN IN FEBRUARY 2013 INCLUDE: IRONWOOD...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 11.5 (3.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL) PRECIPITATION 2.24 INCHES (0.97 INCH ABOVE NORMAL) SNOWFALL 49.9 INCHES (21.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) WATERSMEET (GOGEBIC COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.59 INCHES SNOWFALL 17.5 INCHES ONTONAGON...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 17.6 (1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL) (6 MILES PRECIPITATION 1.94 INCHES (0.31 INCH ABOVE NORMAL) INLAND) SNOWFALL 43.5 INCHES (16.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) ROCKLAND (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 58.1 INCHES GREENLAND (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.9 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 2.36 INCHES SNOWFALL 47.2 INCHES BERGLAND DAM (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 12.3 DEGREES SNOWFALL 39.0 INCHES TWIN LAKES (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 11.9 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 3.29 INCHES SNOWFALL 58.8 INCHES HOUGHTON COUNTY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 16.5 (0.4 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL) AIRPORT PRECIPITATION 3.16 INCHES (1.79 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) SNOWFALL 51.6 INCHES (20.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) ATLANTIC MINE (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 65.5 INCHES MOHAWK (KEWEENAW COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 4.34 INCHES SNOWFALL 58.3 INCHES COPPER HARBOR...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.4 DEGREES JACOBSVILLE (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 17.3 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 1.62 INCHES SNOWFALL 22.7 INCHES BARAGA...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 16.3 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 1.30 INCHES SNOWFALL 22.1 INCHES WATTON (BARAGA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.1 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 1.63 INCHES SNOWFALL 26.8 INCHES HERMAN (BARAGA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 11.0 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 2.38 INCHES SNOWFALL 58.2 INCHES CLARKSBURG (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 9.7 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 1.10 INCHES SNOWFALL 25.7 INCHES MARQUETTE CITY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.3 (0.4 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL) PRECIPITATION 2.23 INCHES (0.92 INCH ABOVE NORMAL) SNOWFALL 31.2 INCHES (10.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) CHATHAM (ALGER COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 17.8 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 3.05 INCHES SNOWFALL 52.4 INCHES MUNISING...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.1 (0.3 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL) PRECIPITATION 4.26 INCHES (2.25 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) SNOWFALL 58.2 INCHES (31.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) GRAND MARAIS...PRECIPITATION 3.96 INCHES (10 MILES SOUTH) SNOWFALL 59.0 INCHES NEWBERRY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.2 (0.5 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL) PRECIPITATION 3.20 INCHES (1.34 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) SNOWFALL 43.0 INCHES (19.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) STAMBAUGH (IRON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 10.7 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 1.18 INCHES SNOWFALL 15.6 INCHES AMASA (IRON COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.16 INCHES SNOWFALL 19.2 INCHES IRON MOUNTAIN...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.4 (3.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL) PRECIPITATION 1.59 INCHES (0.59 INCH ABOVE NORMAL) SNOWFALL 14.2 INCHES (5.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) NORWAY (DICKINSON COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.55 INCHES SNOWFALL 14.3 INCHES MENOMINEE...PRECIPITATION 3.06 INCHES SNOWFALL 16.1 INCHES GLADSTONE (DELTA COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 2.75 INCHES SNOWFALL 19.9 INCHES GARDEN CORNERS (DELTA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 16.7 DEGREES PRECIPITATION 2.68 INCHES SNOWFALL 21.7 INCHES COOKS (SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 38.2 INCHES MANISTIQUE...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.1 (0.3 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL) PRECIPITATION 2.48 INCHES (1.85 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) SNOWFALL 31.5 INCHES (16.9 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL) FEBRUARY WEATHER SUMMARY MORE TO COME LATER MARCH FORECAST THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING AN EQUAL CHANCE OF AN ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND MONTHLY PRECIPITATION OVER ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN IN MARCH 2013. MARCH CLIMATOLOGY AS THE SUN CONTINUES ITS MARCH NORTHWARD DURING THE THIRD MONTH OF THE YEAR...DAYLIGHT AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES INCREASE STEADILY. THE POSSIBLE SUNSHINE INCREASES FROM 666 MINUTES ON 3/1 TO 765 MINUTES ON 3/31. ON 3/1...NORMAL MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT THE MARQUETTE NWS ARE 30 AND 8...BUT REBOUND TO 40 AND 20 ON 3/31. MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT UPPER MICHIGAN ARE 8 TO 11 DEGREES HIGHER IN MARCH THAN FEBRUARY. REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR AT 2 AM EST ON SUNDAY 3/10 AS MOST OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSITIONS FROM STANDARD TIME TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. SPRING ARRIVES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE THIS YEAR ON 3/20 AT 7:02 AM EDT. SPRING OFTEN TEASES UPPER MICHIGAN RESIDENTS DURING MARCH WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING WELL INTO THE 60S AND 70S COMMON BY MONTH`S END. BUT IN MARCH 2012...UNPRECEDENTED WARMTH ARRIVED AT MID-MONTH AS A SPRAWLING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE GREAT LAKES FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS. MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURES ENDED UP 10 TO 16 DEGREES ABOVE THE LONG TERM AVERAGE...ENOUGH TO PLACE MARCH 2012 AS THE WARMEST THIRD MONTH ON RECORD ALMOST EVERYWHERE EXCEPT FOR MANISTIQUE. DURING THE WARMEST STRETCH FROM 3/17 TO 3/21...MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AN INCREDIBLE 35 TO 40 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MANY LOCATIONS REPORTED THE HIGHEST MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED IN MARCH DURING THIS WARM SPELL... INCLUDING SOME DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 50S AND LOW 60S. HARVEY IN MARQUETTE COUNTY LOGGED THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...AN INCREDIBLE 85 ON 3/21. SOME OF THESE DAYS WOULD HAVE BEEN WARM BY MID-SUMMER STANDARDS. IN RECENT MEMORY...MARCH 2010...2000 AND 1995 WERE ALSO QUITE WARM AND AMONG THE TOP FIVE WARMEST AT MANY SPOTS. THE EARLY ONSET OF 70- TO 75-DEGREE PLUS TEMPERATURES BY 3/7 IN MARCH 2000 WAS ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED. RECORD LOW SNOWFALL AT ALL LOCATIONS DURING MARCH IS AN INCH OR LESS. MANY LOCATIONS SET THIS MONTHLY RECORD FOR LOW SNOWFALL IN THE WARM AND DRY MARCH OF 2010. A STRONG EL NINO ALSO RESULTED IN VERY LOW SNOW TOTALS IN MARCH 1973...WHEN EVEN NORMALLY SNOWY MUNISING RECORDED A MEAGER 0.5 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF. BUT WINTER CAN ALSO SHOW ITS NASTY SIDE DURING MARCH. EVEN ON 3/31...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES REACH BELOW ZERO AT MANY PLACES... INCLUDING -17 AT IRONWOOD (3/31/75). DURING THE VERY COLD MARCH 1965...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AT THE MARQUETTE NWS DROPPED TO -20 AS LATE AS 3/24/65. ON 3/7/84 (1984 FEATURED A VERY COLD MARCH WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING OVER 6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL)...THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT IRONWOOD PLUMMETED TO 34 BELOW ZERO. MARCH 2002 TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 5 TO 8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IRONWOOD OBSERVED THE SECOND COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD SINCE 1901...AND THE MARQUETTE NWS SAW ITS THIRD COLDEST MARCH. IN 2003...AN ARCTIC INVASION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH DROPPED THE MERCURY AS LOW AS 42 BELOW ZERO AT EWEN IN ONTONAGON COUNTY ON 3/3. THE -30 DEGREE LOW AT THE MARQUETTE NWS ON THE SAME MORNING SMASHED NOT ONLY THE DAILY LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR 3/3 BUT ALSO THE ALL TIME LOW MARCH TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED AT THAT SITE (-27 ON 3/1/1962). THIS COLD WAVE HELPED DROP THE MARCH 2003 MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 2 TO 6 DEGREES BELOW THE AVERAGE. ALTHOUGH LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES LESS LIKELY DURING MARCH AS LAKE SUPERIOR TEMPERATURES USUALLY REACH THEIR LOWEST READINGS...AVERAGE PRECIPITATION DURING MARCH IS MORE THAN DURING FEBRUARY BECAUSE THE NORTHWARD MOVING JET STREAM BRINGS MORE STORMS TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. THIS INCREASED STORMINESS RESULTS IN HIGHER AVERAGE SNOWFALL AT INLAND LOCATIONS THAN IN FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOW AT IRON MOUNTAIN DURING FEBRUARY IS 9.1 INCHES...BUT RISES TO 11.1 INCHES IN MARCH. HEAVY SNOW CAN FALL WHEN LARGE STORM SYSTEMS FUELED BY THIS ACTIVE MARCH JET STREAM PUSH NORTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. IN FACT...THE SNOWIEST DAY EVER AT THE MARQUETTE NWS WAS 3/14/97...WHEN A POTENT LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVED THROUGH WISCONSIN AND DUMPED 26.2 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF...PUSHING THE SNOW DEPTH TO A RECORD 63 INCHES ON 3/15/97. SINCE THE EARLY WINTER IN 2001-2002 WAS SO WARM AND LAKE SUPERIOR WATER TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL LATE IN THE WINTER...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW FELL IN MARCH 2002 ONCE VERY COLD AIR PUSHED SOUTH AND CONTRIBUTED TO A RECORD MARCH SNOWFALL AT THE MARQUETTE NWS (83.1 INCHES)...NEWBERRY (66.9 INCHES)...AND IRONWOOD (60.8 INCHES). A TOTAL OF 63.5 INCHES OF SNOW SMOTHERED THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT IN MARCH 1976. DURING THAT SAME MARCH...60.6 INCHES ACCUMULATED AT THE MARQUETTE NWS. OUTLOOK FOR SPRING INTO EARLY SUMMER THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING A GREATER THAN CLIMATOLOGICAL CHANCE OF AN ABOVE NORMAL 3-MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BUT AN EQUAL CHANCE OF ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL 3-MONTH PRECIPITATION OVER ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN IN APRIL THROUGH JUNE 2013. GO TO HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/L3MTO.PHP TO ACCESS DETAILED LOCAL THREE-MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS FOR A NUMBER OF SITES IN UPPER MICHIGAN. CHECK OUT HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AND MORE LONG RANGE PREDICTIONS. NOTE THAT STATISTICS FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP ARE BASED ON RECORDS WHICH BEGAN IN OCTOBER 1961. THIRTY YEAR NORMALS USED ARE FOR THE PERIOD OF 1981 THROUGH 2010. NOTE ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN FAHRENHEIT AND PRECIPITATION IS IN INCHES. ALL CLIMATE DATA LISTED IN THIS PRODUCT ARE UNOFFICIAL. FOR OFFICIAL DATA...PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER. ALSO NOTE THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FROM CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES. NWS MARQUETTE WEB PAGE IS AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT (ALL LOWER CASE). CONTACT THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER AT (828) 271-4800 OR WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV. $$ KC
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