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CLIMATE REPORT...FINAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1110 PM EST TUE FEB 19 2013

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...THE MARQUETTE MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              53   01/26/1973
 LOW              -32   01/09/1977
HIGHEST            42   01/12        20      22       41  01/10
                                                          01/09
                                                          01/06
LOWEST            -18   01/22         3     -21      -12  01/20
AVG. MAXIMUM     23.0              21.9     1.1     26.5
AVG. MINIMUM      8.4               5.2     3.2     12.1
MEAN             15.7              13.6     2.1     19.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     22              26.3    -4.3       23
DAYS MIN <= 32     31              31.0     0.0       31
DAYS MIN <= 0       7              10.5    -3.5        5

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.61   1997
 MINIMUM         0.61   1965
TOTALS           2.76              2.41    0.35     2.68
DAILY AVG.       0.09              0.08    0.01     0.09
DAYS >= .01        18              17.3     0.7       16
DAYS >= .10        10               7.1     2.9        6
DAYS >= .50         1               0.9     0.1        1
DAYS >= 1.00        0               0.2    -0.2        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.80   01/30 TO 01/31

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           91.7   1997
TOTALS           42.7              43.2    -0.5     48.5
SINCE 7/1        92.0             116.5   -24.5     93.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     13                19      -6       17
DAYS >= 1.0        10              11.6    -1.6       11
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        27   01/31                         25  01/29
                                                          01/25
                                                          01/24
 24 HR TOTAL     17.0   01/30 TO 01/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1523              1595     -72     1412
 SINCE 7/1       4896              5237    -341     4583
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              MM
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    MM        DATE   MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/270    DATE  01/09

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               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN                3     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          5     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               22     SLEET                      0
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.

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...JANUARY 2013 MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR UPPER MICHIGAN...
(THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT INCLUDE CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES)

...MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL DESPITE SECOND HALF CHILL...

...GENERALLY NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...

JANUARY CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE MARQUETTE NWS IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP

                                    NORMAL   DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         15.7     13.6   PLUS    2.1
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    23.0     21.9   PLUS    1.1
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      8.4      5.2   PLUS    3.2
HEATING DEGREE DAYS         1523     1595  MINUS     72
COOLING DEGREE DAYS            0        0             0
TOTAL PRECIPITATION         2.76     2.41   PLUS   0.35
TOTAL SNOWFALL              42.7     43.2  MINUS    0.5

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                    42 ON 1/12
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                    -18 ON 1/22
GREATEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION:  0.69 ON 1/30
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:       0.80 ON 1/30-1/31
GREATEST CALENDAR DAY SNOWFALL:       14.3 ON 1/30
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:            17.0 ON 1/30-1/31
PEAK WIND SPEED:      40 MPH FROM THE WEST ON 1/9
MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH:                     27 ON 1/31

DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 1/11...32 (OLD RECORD
                                                     27...2007)
DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED ON 1/21...-3 (-3...1963)
DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 1/28...27 (25...1989)
DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 1/29...27 (25...1993/2006)
DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION ON 1/30...0.69 (0.34...2001)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 1/30...14.3 (6.0...1984)
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GREAT LAKES WATER LEVELS (FEET/METERS ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL)

                            LAKE SUPERIOR  LAKE MICHIGAN-HURON
1/01/13 DAILY MEAN          600.46/183.02     576.08/175.59
1/31/13 DAILY MEAN          600.32/182.98     576.04/175.58
AVG DEC 2012 DAILY MEAN     600.59/183.06     576.15/175.61
AVG JAN 2012 DAILY MEAN     600.42/183.01     577.41/175.99
LONG TERM JAN DAILY MEAN    601.50/183.33     578.40/176.30
MAXIMUM JAN DAILY MEAN      602.70/183.70     581.30/177.18
                                (1986)           (1987)
MINIMUM JAN DAILY MEAN      599.80/182.83     576.10/175.60
                                (1926)           (1965)

...RECORD LOW LEVEL ON LAKES MICHIGAN-HURON IN JANUARY...

INCREASED EVAPORATION DUE TO VERY WARM LAKE WATERS AND A LACK OF
SIGNIFICANT WINTER ICE HAS RESULTED IN WELL BELOW NORMAL GREAT LAKES
WATER LEVELS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN COMBINATION WITH DROUGHT
THAT PLAGUED THE LOWER LAKES THROUGH MUCH OF 2012...THE WATER LEVEL
ON LAKES MICHIGAN-HURON THAT DROPPED 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW THE
PREVIOUS RECORD LOW LEVEL IN NOVEMBER REMAINED AT RECORD LOW LEVELS
IN JANUARY 2013. THE JANUARY STAGE NEAR 576 FEET/175.6 METERS
AVERAGED ABOUT 28 INCHES BELOW THE LONG-TERM NORMAL. AS IS TYPICAL
IN JANUARY...LAKE SUPERIOR WATER LEVELS FELL SLOWLY...REMAINING
ABOUT 15 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

A WEEK OF INTENSE COLD DURING THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY RESULTED
IN SIGNIFICANT ICE BUILDUP ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY BY LATE MONTH.
ICE FORMATION ON LAKE SUPERIOR WAS LIMITED TO THE NEARSHORE
AREAS...MAINLY OFF THE WEST COAST OF UPPER MICHIGAN AND IN THE MORE
SHELTERED BAYS ELSEWHERE.

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).
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                     JANUARY CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE...47 AT NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ON 1/10
                                AND 1/12

LOWEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE...-27 AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION IN MARQUETTE
                               COUNTY ON 1/23 AND 1/24

HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...20.9 DEGREES AT HARVEY IN MARQUETTE
                               COUNTY

LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...12.1 DEGREES AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION
                              IN MARQUETTE COUNTY

HIGHEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...4.93 INCHES A SITE 10 MILES SOUTH OF
                                 GRAND MARAIS IN ALGER COUNTY

LOWEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...1.26 INCHES AT IRON MOUNTAIN

HIGHEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL...83.0 INCHES AT ATLANTIC MINE IN HOUGHTON
                            COUNTY

LOWEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL...10.0 INCHES AT WITCH LAKE IN MARQUETTE
                           COUNTY

GREATEST SNOW DEPTH...37 INCHES SOUTH OF GRAND MARAIS ON 1/31

THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE GREAT LAKES IN JANUARY 2013 FEATURED A
ROLLER COASTER OF SOME NOTABLE WEATHER EXTREMES. DURING MOST OF THE
FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...A MILDER PACIFIC AIR FLOW RESULTED IN SOME
ABNORMALLY WARM WEATHER AND MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES AS HIGH AS 20
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON 1/10 THROUGH 1/12. SOME PLACES AROUND THIS
TIME REPORTED NO SNOW ON THE GROUND...VERY UNUSUAL FOR MID-JANUARY.
BUT AT MID-MONTH...THE PATTERN MADE A SHIFT TO ONE THAT FEATURED A
RIDGE OVER WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND A DEEP TROUGH IN THE CENTRAL
AND EAST. AS A RESULT...BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASSES INVADED THE
GREAT LAKES IN THE WEEK FROM 1/17 TO 1/24. AT SOME LOCATIONS DURING
THE PEAK OF THIS COLD ON 1/21 AND 1/22 WHEN MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES
RAN 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE...THE MERCURY FAILED TO RISE
ABOVE THE ZERO MARK FROM LATE ON 1/20 UNTIL THE AFTERNOON ON 1/23.
DURING THE LAST WEEK...THE PATTERN TRANSITIONED BACK TO A WESTERN
TROUGH/EASTERN RIDGE...ALLOWING A RETURN OF MUCH WARMER AIR TO THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES. MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES ON 1/27 THROUGH 1/29
REBOUNDED BACK TO NEAR 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AS THE WESTERN
TROUGH PUSHED INTO THE PLAINS...A MOISTURE-LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVED THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES ON 1/30...BRINGING SOME HEAVY SNOW UP
TO 18 INCHES TO MAINLY THE EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. AS JANUARY
CAME TO A CLOSE...MUCH COLDER ARCTIC AIR FOLLOWED THIS STORM SYSTEM
BACK INTO UPPER MICHIGAN ON 1/31.

SINCE WARMER AIRMASSES DOMINATED MORE OF THE TIME IN JANUARY...THE
MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 13 TO 20 DEGREES ENDED UP 2 TO 3
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND 7 TO 9 DEGREES LOWER THAN REPORTED IN
DECEMBER AT MOST LOCATIONS. THE MERCURY PEAKED IN THE RELATIVELY
MILD 40S AT AT LEAST ONE LOCATION EACH OF THE FIVE DAYS FROM 1/8 TO
1/12. ONLY MENOMINEE REPORTED A HIGH OF 41 ON 1/19 DURING A
TEMPORARY RESPITE FROM ARCTIC AIR. READINGS UNDER 10 BELOW OCCURRED
ON 1/17...1/18 AND EACH FROM 1/21 THROUGH 1/24. AT LEAST ONE OF THE
INTERIOR COLD SPOTS REPORTED A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -20 OR LOWER
ON 1/22...1/23...AND 1/24... INCLUDING THE MONTHLY LOWEST
TEMPERATURE OF -27 AT CLARKSBURG/ CHAMPION IN MARQUETTE COUNTY ON
1/23 AND 1/24.

ALTHOUGH THE FIRST HALF OF JANUARY WAS DRY WITH FEW LARGER SCALE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS IMPACTING UPPER MICHIGAN AND A LACK OF ARCTIC AIR
LIMITING THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...THE SECOND
HALF OF THE MONTH TURNED ACTIVE WITH ALMOST CONTINUOUS LAKE EFFECT
SNOW IN THE SNOW BELTS FAVORED BY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. AT THE
HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT...LESS THAN 5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL THROUGH
1/12. ON THE OTHER HAND...ALMOST 70 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF
ACCUMULATED AT THAT LOCATION FROM 1/13 THROUGH 1/31. IN FACT...THE
ONLY DAY IN JANUARY AFTER 1/12 WITHOUT MEASURABLE SNOW THERE WAS ON
1/29...WHEN A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN FELL.

TOTAL JANUARY WATER EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM AS LITTLE
AS 1.25 TO 1.50 INCHES OVER AREAS FROM IRON MOUNTAIN TO CRYSTAL
FALLS AND IRON RIVER TO AS MUCH AS 3.50 TO 4.50 INCHES OVER THE
KEWEENAW...VALUES FROM NEAR NORMAL TO AS MUCH 150 PERCENT OF
AVERAGE. SIMILARLY...SNOWFALL VARIED FROM AROUND 12 INCHES ALONG THE
WISCONSIN BORDER TO 70 INCHES OR MORE AT SEVERAL SPOTS IN THE
KEWEENAW...WHERE ATLANTIC MINE IN HOUGHTON COUNTY LED REPORTING
STATIONS WITH 83.0 INCHES. THESE ACCUMULATIONS WERE GENERALLY NEAR
NORMAL TO 125 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THE 30.0 INCHES THAT FELL AT
MANISTIQUE IN JANUARY MAINLY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE
MAJOR STORM SYSTEM ON 1/30 WAS ALMOST 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
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SOME OTHER TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS ACROSS UPPER
MICHIGAN IN JANUARY 2013 INCLUDE:

IRONWOOD...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 13.9 (2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
           PRECIPITATION 2.00 INCHES (0.07 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
           SNOWFALL 40.1 INCHES (4.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL)

WATERSMEET (GOGEBIC COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.48 INCHES
                              SNOWFALL 15.4 INCHES

ONTONAGON...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.5 (2.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
 (6 MILES   PRECIPITATION 3.45 INCHES (0.60 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
  INLAND)   SNOWFALL 60.0 INCHES (6.6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)

ROCKLAND (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 55.9 INCHES

GREENLAND (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.8 DEGREES
                               PRECIPITATION 3.02 INCHES
                               SNOWFALL 57.1 INCHES

BERGLAND DAM (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.2 DEGREES
                                  SNOWFALL 36.2 INCHES

TWIN LAKES (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.9 DEGREES
                               PRECIPITATION 4.44 INCHES
                               SNOWFALL 72.9 INCHES

HOUGHTON COUNTY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.0 (2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
 AIRPORT          PRECIPITATION 3.52 INCHES (0.94 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
                  SNOWFALL 74.0 INCHES (5.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)

ATLANTIC MINE (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 3.61 INCHES
                                  SNOWFALL 83.0 INCHES


MOHAWK (KEWEENAW COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 4.59 INCHES
                           SNOWFALL 74.5 INCHES

COPPER HARBOR...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.1 DEGREES

JACOBSVILLE (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.0 DEGREES
                                PRECIPITATION 2.57 INCHES
                                SNOWFALL 42.5 INCHES

BARAGA...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.6 DEGREES
         PRECIPITATION 1.60 INCHES
         SNOWFALL 24.5 INCHES

WATTON (BARAGA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 15.5 DEGREES
                         PRECIPITATION 1.52 INCHES
                         SNOWFALL 17.9 INCHES

HERMAN (BARAGA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 13.9 DEGREES
                         PRECIPITATION 2.64 INCHES
                         SNOWFALL 55.7 INCHES

CLARKSBURG (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 12.1 DEGREES
                                PRECIPITATION 1.85 INCHES
                                SNOWFALL 26.0 INCHES

WITCH LAKE (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 10.0 INCHES

BIG BAY (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.8 DEGREES
                             PRECIPITATION 2.49 INCHES
                             SNOWFALL 35.5 INCHES

MARQUETTE CITY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.7 (1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
                 PRECIPITATION 1.69 INCHES (0.14 INCH BELOW NORMAL)
                 SNOWFALL 16.3 INCHES (13.2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL)

HARVEY (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.9 DEGREES
                            PRECIPITATION 1.54 INCHES
                            SNOWFALL 21.2 INCHES

CHATHAM (ALGER COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.0 DEGREES
                         PRECIPITATION 2.05 INCHES
                         SNOWFALL 37.2 INCHES

MUNISING...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.5 (1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
           PRECIPITATION 3.74 INCHES (0.47 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
           SNOWFALL 54.9 INCHES (11.6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)

GRAND MARAIS...PRECIPITATION 4.93 INCHES
(10 MILES SOUTH) SNOWFALL 79.2 INCHES

NEWBERRY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.6 (3.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
           PRECIPITATION 2.79 INCHES (0.04 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
           SNOWFALL 42.7 INCHES (6.9 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)

STAMBAUGH (IRON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.2 DEGREES
                          PRECIPITATION 1.44 INCHES
                          SNOWFALL 13.5 INCHES

AMASA (IRON COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.59 INCHES
                      SNOWFALL 18.5 INCHES

IRON MOUNTAIN...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 16.5 (2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
                PRECIPITATION 1.26 INCHES (0.03 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
                SNOWFALL 11.8 INCHES (1.9 INCHES BELOW NORMAL)

DAGGETT (MENOMINEE COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.75 INCHES
                             SNOWFALL 13.0 INCHES

MENOMINEE...PRECIPITATION 1.94 INCHES
            SNOWFALL 12.5 INCHES

GLADSTONE (DELTA COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 2.00 INCHES
                           SNOWFALL 17.3 INCHES

GARDEN CORNERS (DELTA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.4 DEGREES
                                PRECIPITATION 1.99 INCHES
                                SNOWFALL 22.3 INCHES

MANISTIQUE...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.0 (2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL)
             PRECIPITATION 2.28 INCHES (0.71 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
             SNOWFALL 30.0 INCHES (9.0 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)

                      JANUARY WEATHER SUMMARY

THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF JANUARY FEATURED SEASONABLY CHILLY WEATHER
AS AN UPPER TROUGH LINGERED IN SOUTHEAST CANADA. SOME LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS THAT FORMED IN THIS COLD AIRMASS DROPPED UP TO 3 INCHES
OF THE WHITE STUFF OVER THE KEWEENAW ON 1/1. BUT AS THE TROUGH AND
ASSOCIATED ARCTIC AIRMASS SLOWLY LIFTED OUT TO THE NORTHEAST...MEAN
DAILY TEMPERATURES ROSE FROM ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON NEW
YEARS DAY TO 5 DEGREES ABOVE BY 1/3...ENDING ANY SIGNIFICANT LAKE
EFFECT SNOW. ON 1/4 AND 1/5...A MARITIME POLAR AIRMASS DOMINATED THE
UPPER GREAT LAKES UNDER A MORE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT...LIFTING MEAN DAILY
TEMPERATURES TO AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE ON BOTH DAYS.

ALTHOUGH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT DURING THE NIGHT ON 1/5-1/6
BROUGHT A RETURN OF A SEASONABLE CANADIAN AIRMASS AND MORE LIGHT
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS FOR 1/6...THE TREND TOWARD A MORE WEST-TO-EAST
FLOW RESULTED IN A RETURN OF PACIFIC AIR AND AN END TO THE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ON 1/7. AS A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
CAUSED A RIDGE TO BUILD INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND THE EAST BY
1/10...THIS UNSEASONABLY MILD AIR WAS THE DOMINANT INFLUENCE ON
UPPER MICHIGAN WEATHER INTO 1/12...CAUSING MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES
ON 1/7 THROUGH 1/12 TO RUN AT LEAST 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL EACH DAY
AND AS MUCH AS 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE ON 1/11...THE WARMEST DAY IN
THIS STRETCH. HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED THE BALMY 40S AT AT LEAST A
COUPLE OF PLACES EACH DAY FROM 1/8 THROUGH 1/12. A NUMBER OF NEW
DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE ESTABLISHED
ON 1/10 THROUGH 1/12 WHEN HIGHS IN THE 40S WERE MORE COMMON. A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS ON 1/10 THROUGH MINNESOTA
AND INTO ONTARIO ON 1/12 BROUGHT WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE
AREA MAINLY FROM LATE ON 1/10 INTO THE AFTERNOON ON 1/11. WITH VERY
MILD AIR IN PLACE...MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATION FELL IN THE FORM OF
RAIN... EXCEPT FOR SOME FREEZING RAIN OVER THE INTERIOR CENTRAL IN
THE EARLY MORNING OF 1/11. MOST PLACES PICKED UP 0.10 TO 0.25 INCH
OF RAIN... EXCEPT OVER THE FAR SOUTH CENTRAL WHERE AS MUCH AS 0.50
INCH FELL AT MENOMINEE. THERE WAS ALSO SOME DENSE FOG BEFORE THE
COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW MOVING INTO ONTARIO SWEPT ACROSS
UPPER MICHIGAN ON 1/12 AND ENDED THIS EARLY TASTE OF SPRING WEATHER.

WEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON ON 1/12
OVER THE KEWEENAW BEHIND THE COLD FRONT BROUGHT A RETURN OF A MORE
SEASONABLE ARCTIC AIRMASS FOR MID-MONTH AS AN UPPER TROUGH DEEPENED
IN CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA. MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES ON 1/13 TO 1/16
WERE CLOSE TO NORMAL. WITH THE RETURN OF ARCTIC AIR...LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS ALSO RESUMED...MAINLY IN THE WEST WIND SNOW BELTS OVER
THE KEWEENAW AND EAST OF MUNISING ON 1/13 INTO 1/15. ATLANTIC MINE
IN HOUGHTON COUNTY LED REPORTING STATIONS WITH 25.0 INCHES OF THE
WHITE STUFF FROM LATE ON 1/12 INTO EARLY 1/16. MOHAWK IN KEWEENAW
COUNTY AND THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT WERE CLOSE BEHIND WITH 20
INCHES AND 18 INCHES RESPECTIVELY DURING THIS TIME.

AS THE UPPER TROUGH OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA DEEPENED
DURING THE WEEK FROM 1/17 THROUGH 1/24...TWO BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC
AIRMASSES INVADED THE GREAT LAKES. THE FIRST OF THESE COLD AIR
BLASTS FOLLOWED A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE THAT FEATURED WIND GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH LATE ON 1/16 AND LOWERED MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES ON 1/17
AND 1/18 TO AS MUCH AS 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MORNING LOW
TEMPERATURES EARLY ON 1/17 BOTTOMED OUT AS LOW AS -10 AT NEGAUNEE IN
MARQUETTE COUNTY AND AS LOW AS -12 AT CLARKSBURG/CHAMPION IN
MARQUETTE COUNTY ON 1/18. LAKE EFFECT SNOW FROM THE EVENING ON 1/16
INTO EARLY ON 1/18 WAS HEAVIEST IN THE NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELTS
EAST OF MARQUETTE...WHERE AS MUCH AS 6.5 INCHES OF SNOW FELL JUST
INLAND FROM GRAND MARAIS IN ALGER COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE LAKE EFFECT
SNOW DIMINISHED EARLY ON 1/18...AN ALBERTA CLIPPER TYPE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM SLIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES DEPOSITED AS
MUCH AS 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW IN A SWATH FROM THE KEWEENAW ACROSS
THE NORTH CENTRAL AND INTO THE EAST. NEWBERRY LED REPORTING STATIONS
WITH 7.7 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF. SNOWFALL TAILED OFF TO THE
SOUTHWEST...AND MENOMINEE PICKED UP ONLY 1.2 INCHES.

ANOTHER ALBERTA CLIPPER MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR ON 1/19 DROPPED
MORE SNOW OVER MAINLY THE NORTH HALF...UP TO 4 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS.
TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRACK OF THIS SECOND CLIPPER...LITTLE SNOW
FELL...AND WARMER AIR MOVED IN. THE MERCURY REACHED 41 AT MENOMINEE
ON 1/19...AND MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES ON 1/19 ROSE TO AS MUCH AS 10
DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. BUT THIS WARMUP PROVED TEMPORARY AS THE COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLIPPER LOW BLASTED ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN
DURING THE EVENING ON 1/19. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 TO
55 MPH INTO EARLY 1/20 BEHIND THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE DROVE BRUTALLY
COLD AIR BACK OVER THE AREA. THE ARRIVAL OF THIS MUCH COLDER AIR
STARTED THE LAKE EFFECT MACHINE UP AGAIN FOR AREAS NEAR THE BIG LAKE
EVEN AS SKIES CLEARED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL. THIS BITTERLY COLD
AIRMASS REMAINED LOCKED IN PLACE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON 1/20
THROUGH 1/24...WITH MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES RUNNING FROM 10 DEGREES
TO AS MUCH AS 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE ON THESE FIVE DAYS. AT SOME
LOCATIONS AWAY FROM LAKE MODERATION DURING THE PEAK OF THIS COLD ON
1/21 AND 1/22...THE MERCURY FAILED TO RISE ABOVE THE ZERO MARK FROM
LATE ON 1/20 UNTIL THE AFTERNOON ON 1/23. AT HERMAN IN BARAGA
COUNTY...THE THERMOMETER STRUGGLED TO REACH ONLY -8 ON 1/21 AND -7
ON 1/22. STAMBAUGH IN IRON COUNTY AND WATTON IN BARAGA COUNTY ALSO
REPORTED A PEAK READING OF ONLY -8 ON 1/21. THE LOWEST MINIMUMS
DURING THIS PERIOD WERE -16 AT IRONWOOD ON 1/21...-24 AT CLARKSBURG/
CHAMPION ON 1/22...AND -27 AT CLARKSBURG/CHAMPION ON 1/23 AND 1/24.
WIND CHILLS DIPPED TO -35 TO -40 OVER THE INTERIOR WEST ON THE
MORNINGS ON 1/21 AND 1/22. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WERE LOWER ON 1/23
AND 1/24...THE WINDS WERE MUCH LIGHTER ON THOSE DAYS AND AT LEAST
MODERATED THE WIND CHILLS. WITH THIS COLD AIR IN PLACE...LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS FELL ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY IN THE FAVORED WEST TO
NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELTS ON 1/20 INTO 1/24...WHEN THE ARRIVAL OF
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE PLAINS FINALLY DIMINISHED THE SNOWS.
TOTAL LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL IN THE FAVORED SNOW BELTS DURING THIS
LONG DURATION EVENT REACHED ONE TO TWO FEET...WITH AS MUCH AS 25 TO
30 INCHES REPORTED AT ATLANTIC MINE...TWIN LAKES IN HOUGHTON
COUNTY... MOHAWK...AND GRAND MARAIS. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER THE
FAR SOUTH CENTRAL WAS LESS THAN AN INCH.

THE ARCTIC AIRMASS BEGAN TO RETREAT TO THE NORTH ON 1/25 AND
HERALDED A CHANGE IN THE UPPER PATTERN THAT WOULD FEATURE A BUILDING
RIDGE OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA AND WARMER WEATHER FOR UPPER
MICHIGAN FOR NEARLY A WEEK. MEAN TEMPERATURES ON 1/25 RECOVERED TO
NEAR NORMAL EVEN THOUGH ANOTHER ALBERTA CLIPPER BROUGHT SOME MORE
SNOW TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN ON 1/25. MOST PLACES PICKED UP 2 TO 5
INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF...BUT HEAVIER SNOW FELL OVER THE EAST WITH
A SOUTH WIND OFF LAKE MICHIGAN AHEAD OF THE CLIPPER. MUCH OF
SCHOOLCRAFT AND LUCE COUNTIES PICKED UP 6 INCHES OR MORE SNOW...
INCLUDING AS MUCH AS 13.5 INCHES AT MCMILLAN IN LUCE COUNTY. IN THE
WAKE OF THIS LOW...SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW FELL MAINLY OVER THE NORTH
WIND SNOW BELTS ACROSS THE FAR WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL...WHERE UP TO
4 INCHES ACCUMULATED BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
ENDED THIS PRECIPITATION ON 1/26. MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES ON 1/26
WERE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL.

AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILT OVER EASTERN NORTH AMERICA...WARMER AIR
RETURNED INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES FOR 1/27 THROUGH 1/29. MEAN
DAILY TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD ROSE FROM AROUND 10 DEGREES
ABOVE AVERAGE ON 1/27 TO ABOUT 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON 1/29.
THESE TEMPERATURES DEPARTURES WERE DUE MAINLY TO RELATIVELY WARM
OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ASSOCIATED WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AS THE
SOUTHWEST FLOW BETWEEN THE EASTERN RIDGE AND A TROUGH IN THE WEST
ALLOWED TWO MOISTURE LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO INFLUENCE THE
WEATHER OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES DURING THIS TIME. THE FIRST OF
THESE LOWS MOVED THROUGH THE LOWER GREAT LAKES INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA
DURING THE NIGHT ON 1/27-1/28. SNOW ON THE NORTHERN FLANK OF THIS
SYSTEM OVERSPREAD UPPER MICHIGAN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON
1/27 BEFORE ENDING BY AFTERNOON ON 1/28. MOST PLACES REPORTED 3 TO 6
INCHES OF SNOW DURING THIS EVENT...BUT AS MUCH AS 7 TO 8 INCHES FELL
NEAR WINONA IN HOUGHTON COUNTY AND L`ANSE.

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ITS ATTENDANT WARM FRONT MOVING
NORTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS BROUGHT ANOTHER BOUT OF PRECIPITATION FROM
LATE IN THE EVENING ON 1/28 INTO THE MORNING ON 1/29. SINCE THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM DREW UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR INTO THE GREAT LAKES...
MANY PLACES REPORTED LOW TEMPERATURES ON 1/29 ABOVE FREEZING. AS A
RESULT...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WERE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION
TYPES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE. SOME PLACES OVER THE COLDER
INTERIOR REPORTED 0.10 INCH OR MORE OF ICE ACCUMULATION...WITH AS
MUCH AS 0.25 INCH REPORTED AT MASS CITY IN ONTONAGON COUNTY. SOME
SNOW MIXED WITH THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE EAST...BUT ANY
ACCUMULATION WAS NO MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO.

A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEPT ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE NIGHT ON
1/29-1/30...RETURNING A MORE SEASONABLE AIRMASS TO THE AREA. BUT
THIS FRONT STALLED JUST TO THE EAST...ALLOWING ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH TO RIDE THIS BOUNDARY NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES ON 1/30. THE RESULT WAS HEAVY SNOW
OVER THE EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN...WITH GENERALLY LIGHTER SNOW
OVER THE WEST FARTHER FROM THE LOW CENTER. AS MUCH COLDER AIR SURGED
INTO THE UPPER LAKES ONCE THE LOW MOVED INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA...THE
STEADY SNOW TRANSITIONED TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVIEST IN
THE NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELTS. NORTH WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH
AS 35 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR ALSO RESULTED IN SOME BLOWING SNOW. BY
SUNRISE ON 1/31...STORM TOTAL SNOW REACHED 6 TO 12 INCHES AT MOST
PLACES EAST OF A LINE FROM BARAGA TO IRON MOUNTAIN. BUT AS MUCH AS
12 TO 18 INCHES ACCUMULATED FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE HURON
MOUNTAINS TO NEGAUNEE... MUNISING...GRAND MARAIS AND WHITEFISH
POINT...WHERE MOISTENING FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WAS MOST SIGNIFICANT.
MOST LOCATIONS OVER THE WEST PICKED UP 2 TO 6 INCHES OF THE WHITE
STUFF THROUGH SUNRISE ON 1/31. MEAN DAILY TEMPERATURES ON 1/31 FELL
TO AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
PERSISTED THROUGH THE DAY.

                         FEBRUARY 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 FEBRUARY 2013.

                       FEBRUARY CLIMATOLOGY

ALTHOUGH DAYLIGHT LENGTHENS NOTICEABLY DURING FEBRUARY (580 MINUTES
OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE ON 2/1 TO 664 MINUTES ON 2/28)...WINTER USUALLY
MAINTAINS ITS ICY GRIP ON UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE MONTH. IN
FACT...THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE YEAR OFTEN OCCURS IN THE
SECOND MONTH. HUMBOLDT IN MARQUETTE COUNTY OBSERVED A FRIGID -49 LOW
ON THE MORNING OF 2/10/1899...THE LOWEST READING EVER RECORDED IN
UPPER MICHIGAN. THE FREQUENT ARRIVAL OF ARCTIC AIRMASSES CAN STILL
CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUNGE AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO EVEN
DURING THE LAST WEEK OF THE MONTH. THE COLDEST FEBRUARIES IN RECENT
MEMORY WERE IN 2003 AND 1994...WHEN TEMPERATURES ACROSS UPPER
MICHIGAN AVERAGED 6 TO 9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DURING FEBRUARY
1994...THE MEAN TEMPERATURE AT IRONWOOD WAS A BRUTAL 6.5 DEGREES.
BUT THAT WAS WARM COMPARED TO FEBRUARY 1936...WHEN IRONWOOD`S
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS -0.5 DEGREES. FEBRUARY 2003 RANKS AS THE
COLDEST AT MICHIGAN TECH UNIVERSITY (AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 8.7
DEGREES) AND IN THE TOP FIVE COLDEST AT MUNISING...THE MARQUETTE
NWS...AND IRON MOUNTAIN. MORE RECENTLY...INTENSE COLD PREVAILED
THROUGH MUCH OF FEBRUARY 2007...WHEN THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE
RAN 4 TO 8 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. THAT MONTH WAS ONE OF THE TOP TEN
COLDEST FEBRUARYS AT ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...MANISTIQUE...MUNISING...
MARQUETTE CITY AND THE MARQUETTE NWS.

BUT THE CONTINUED CLIMB OF THE SUN IN THE SOUTHERN SKY PROMISES THE
END OF WINTER IS IN SIGHT AND THAT SPRINGTIME IS GETTING CLOSER.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RISE STEADILY AFTER THE FIRST WEEK OF THE
MONTH...FROM 12 ON 2/7 TO 17 ON 2/28 AT THE MARQUETTE NWS. DURING
THE LAST HALF OF FEBRUARY...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH WELL INTO
THE 50S AND 60S. AT MANY SITES...FEBRUARY 1998...1999...2000 AND
2002 ALL FALL INTO THE TOP 10 WARMEST ON RECORD. IN FEBRUARY 2000...
RECORD WARMTH AFTER 2/21 CAUSED RAPID SNOW MELT...AND ICE JAM
FLOODING WAS OBSERVED ON THE ONTONAGON RIVER. IN FACT...THE
TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 39.3 DEGREES BETWEEN 2/22/2000 AND 2/29/2000 AT
THE MARQUETTE NWS...MARKING THIS 8-DAY PERIOD AS THE WARMEST WEEK IN
THE SECOND MONTH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1961. BUT AT MOST LOCATIONS
IN UPPER MICHIGAN...FEBRUARY 1998 GOES DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS
THE WARMEST FEBRUARY EVER. TEMPERATURES AT SOME PLACES ENDED THE
MONTH AS MUCH AS 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AS A STRONG EL NINO AND
ZONAL PACIFIC FLOW ALOFT PREVENTED THE NORMAL PARADE OF ARCTIC
AIRMASSES FROM INVADING THE UPPER GREAT LAKES.

AVERAGE SNOWFALL OVER UPPER MICHIGAN DURING FEBRUARY IS LESS THAN IN
JANUARY AS THE MEAN POSITION OF THE JET STREAM AND STORM TRACK MOVES
A BIT FARTHER SOUTH. FALLING LAKE SUPERIOR WATER TEMPERATURES AND
THE FORMATION OF ICE ON THE LAKE SOME YEARS ALSO REDUCE THE
INTENSITY OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. EVEN SO...THERE IS A SHARP DECREASE
IN AVERAGE SNOWFALL FROM AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TO INLAND
LOCATIONS ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER. WHILE HOUGHTON TYPICALLY
TALLIES ALMOST 33 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF...IRON MOUNTAIN WILL LOG
ONLY 10 INCHES DURING A TYPICAL FEBRUARY. ALTHOUGH MONTHLY
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED WELL ABOVE NORMAL...FEBRUARY 2002 WILL LONG BE
REMEMBERED FOR HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY IN THE
LAKE EFFECT SNOW BELTS. VERY MILD WEATHER INTO FEBRUARY THAT WINTER
MAINTAINED LAKE SUPERIOR TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL...SO THAT
HEAVIER THAN USUAL LAKE EFFECT AND LAKE ENHANCED SNOW ACCOMPANIED A
GREATER THAN AVERAGE NUMBER OF SYNOPTIC STORMS. THE 91.9 INCHES OF
SNOW THAT FELL AT THE MARQUETTE NWS THAT MONTH PUSHES FEBRUARY 2002
TO THE TOP OF THE LIST OF NOT ONLY THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY...BUT ALSO
THE SNOWIEST CALENDAR MONTH. THE 5.35 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT
PRECIPITATION THAT FELL AT THAT LOCATION EASILY ECLIPSED THE
PREVIOUS STANDARD OF 3.62 INCHES OBSERVED IN FEBRUARY 1971. MANY
LOCATIONS FROM IRONWOOD TO NEWBERRY ALSO RECORDED A TOP FIVE
SNOWIEST AND WETTEST FEBRUARY IN 2002. DURING THE COLD FEBRUARY OF
1989...THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT RECORDED 89.8 INCHES OF SNOW. NOT
ONLY IS FEBRUARY 1998 THE WARMEST AT MANY LOCATIONS...IT IS ALSO THE
LEAST SNOWY AT MANISTIQUE (1.0 INCH)...IRONWOOD (2.8 INCHES)...
ONTONAGON (5.0 INCHES)...AND THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT (5.5
INCHES). MONTHLY SNOWFALLS OF 3.0 INCHES AT NEWBERRY AND 8.8 INCHES
AT MUNISING PLACE FEBRUARY 1998 AMONG THE TOP FIVE LEAST SNOWY.

                        OUTLOOK FOR SPRING

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING A GREATER THAN
CLIMATOLOGICAL CHANCE OF AN ABOVE NORMAL 3-MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OVER THE EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN BUT EQUAL CHANCES OF AN ABOVE
NORMAL AND BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OVER THE WEST HALF
DURING MARCH THROUGH MAY 2013. THE CPC INDICATES THERE IS A GREATER
CHANCE OF ABOVE AVERAGE 3-MONTH PRECIPITATION OVER ALL OF UPPER
MICHIGAN IN MARCH THROUGH MAY.

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.

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KC