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CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
355 PM EDT THU MAR 21 2013

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...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
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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
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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.

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

...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...
...SEVENTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT HOUGHTON...
...NINTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AT NEWBERRY...

...COLDER THAN NORMAL ESPECIALLY NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER...

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)
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...OVERALL DEC THROUGH FEB WINTER STATISTICS FOR THE MARQUETTE NWS...

               OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE     RECORD          RANK

AVERAGE TEMP     18.0    15.9     +2.1   23.4 /1997-98/  12TH WARMEST

PRECIPITATION    8.69    7.12    +1.57  14.49 /1968-69/      ****

SNOWFALL        112.9   121.9     -9.0   46.2 /1962-63/      ****

**** RANK NOT IN TOP 25

                   ...12/1 THROUGH 1/15 STATISTICS...

               OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE     RECORD          RANK

AVERAGE TEMP     23.0    17.1     +5.9   25.0 /2001-02/  5TH WARMEST

PRECIPITATION    3.37    3.75    -0.38   0.71 /1994-95/  25TH LOWEST

SNOWFALL         30.7    63.8    -33.1    7.7 /1967-68/   9TH LOWEST

                   ...1/16 THROUGH 2/28 STATISTICS...

               OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE     RECORD          RANK

AVERAGE TEMP     12.8    14.6     -1.8      1.3 /1963/   21ST LOWEST

PRECIPITATION    5.32    3.37    +1.95     7.39 /1996/   5TH HIGHEST

SNOWFALL         82.2    58.1    +24.1    113.2 /2002/   4TH HIGHEST
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GREAT LAKES WATER LEVELS (FEET/METERS ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL)

                            LAKE SUPERIOR  LAKE MICHIGAN-HURON
2/01/13 DAILY MEAN          600.29/182.97     576.12/175.60
2/28/13 DAILY MEAN          600.20/182.94     576.18/175.62
AVG JAN 2013 DAILY MEAN     600.35/182.99     576.02/175.57
AVG FEB 2012 DAILY MEAN     600.20/182.94     577.30/175.96
LONG TERM FEB DAILY MEAN    601.30/183.27     578.40/176.29
MAXIMUM FEB DAILY MEAN      602.50/183.63     581.10/177.11
                                (1986)           (1986)
MINIMUM FEB DAILY MEAN      599.60/182.76     576.10/175.59
                                (1926)           (1964)

...LEVELS NEAR RECORD LOWS ON LAKES MICHIGAN-HURON IN FEBRUARY...

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 DROPPED TO JUST BELOW THE RECORD LOW IN
NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY. INCREASED PRECIPITATION IN LATE JANUARY
THROUGH FEBRUARY HELPED RAISE WATER LEVELS TO A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE
RECORD LOW IN FEBRUARY. BUT LEVELS ON LAKES MICHIGAN-HURON WERE
STILL ALMOST 27 INCHES BELOW THE LONG TERM AVERAGE AT THE END OF THE
MONTH. AS IS TYPICAL IN FEBRUARY...LAKE SUPERIOR WATER LEVELS FELL
SLOWLY...HOLDING A BIT MORE THAN A FOOT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH 2/28.

PERIODS OF INTENSE COLD DURING THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY AND MAINLY
THE FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY MAINTAINED SIGNIFICANT ICE COVER ON THE
BAY OF GREEN BAY THROUGH FEBRUARY. ICE FORMATION ON LAKE SUPERIOR
WAS LIMITED TO MAINLY THE NEARSHORE AREAS AND IN THE MORE SHELTERED
BAYS.

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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                     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...10.5 INCHES AT WITCH LAKE IN MARQUETTE
                           COUNTY

GREATEST SNOW DEPTH...48 INCHES AT HERMAN IN BARAGA COUNTY ON 2/20

FEBRUARY 2013 FEATURED A FAIRLY ACTIVE...CHANGEABLE WEATHER PATTERN
THAT ALLOWED SOME DEEPER...MOISTURE-LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO
IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN FROM TIME-TO-TIME. IN COMBINATION WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THAT FELL WHEN A DEEP UPPER TROUGH DOMINATED
DURING THE FIRST AND PART OF THE THIRD WEEKS...MONTHLY PRECIPITATION
AND SNOWFALL WERE ABOVE NORMAL TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE EAST AND KEWEENAW. FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL
REACHED OVER 4.00 INCHES AND 50 TO EVEN 60 INCHES RESPECTIVELY AT
SOME LOCATIONS IN THESE AREAS...VALUES AS MUCH AS 200 TO 300 PERCENT
OF NORMAL. IN FACT...SOME PLACES OVER THE KEWEENAW AND IN THE AREA
EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO MENOMINEE ENDURED A TOP FIVE
WETTEST AND SNOWIEST FEBRUARY. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE IN DEEP
WINTER...THE LEAST SNOW AND PRECIPITATION FELL OVER THE INTERIOR
WEST HALF...WHERE TOTALS ENDED UP 14 TO 18 INCHES AND 1.00 TO 1.50
INCHES. THESE NUMBERS ARE ABOUT 150 TO 175 PERCENT OF NORMAL.

THE MOST NOTABLE STORM OF THE MONTH OCCURRED FROM LATE ON 2/18
THROUGH 2/20...WHEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL
GREAT LAKES AND INTO ONTARIO BROUGHT SOME HEAVY SNOW TO MAINLY THE
EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH 2/19. EVEN AFTER THE LOW MOVED
INTO ONTARIO...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUED NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH
MOST OF 2/20. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH
CAUSED EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS WERE SO BAD BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND MUNISING THE STATE
POLICE CLOSED HIGHWAY M-28 FROM THE AFTERNOON ON 2/19 THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING OF 2/21. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDED LATE ON 2/20...AS
MUCH AS 18 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF
MARQUETTE AND ALGER COUNTIES.

ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME MILD STRETCHES IN FEBRUARY DURING THE
SECOND AND FOURTH WEEKS...INTENSE COLD DURING THE FIRST 6 DAYS AND
JUST AFTER MID-MONTH WHEN THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH DOMINATED THE GREAT
LAKES LOWERED THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN FEBRUARY 2013 TO AS
MUCH AS 3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER TO ABOUT
0.5 DEGREE BELOW AVERAGE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR
AND EAST. THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE...WHICH RANGED BETWEEN ABOUT
10 DEGREES AT SOME OF THE COLDER PLACES OVER THE INTERIOR AND 20
DEGREES NEAR THE WARMING INFLUENCE OF THE LAKES...WAS ABOUT 1 TO 3
DEGREES LOWER THAN THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURES LOGGED IN JANUARY
ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN.

WHEN ARCTIC AIRMASSES DOMINATED...THE MERCURY SANK INTO THE TEENS
BELOW ZERO AT AT LEAST ONE SPOT EACH MORNING FROM 2/1 THROUGH
2/6...ON 2/9...2/16...2/17 AND 2/21. SOME MINIMUM READINGS WERE INTO
THE -20S ON 2/2...2/4...2/9 AND 2/17...INCLUDING THE MONTHLY LOW OF
-28 AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION ON 2/4 AND STAMBAUGH ON 2/17. WHEN THE
TROUGH WEAKENED AND GAVE WAY TO UPPER RIDGING IN THE GREAT LAKES AT
A TIME OF INCREASING SUN ANGLE AND LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT...SOME
LOCATIONS REPORTED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S ON 2/13...2/18...
2/25 AND 2/26.
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                    ...WINTER 2012-2013 SUMMARY...

THE WINTER OF 2012-2013 WAS ACTUALLY A TALE OF TWO SEASONS. THE
FIRST HALF OF THE WINTER FROM 12/1 THROUGH 1/15 WAS QUITE MILD WITH
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL AS A FLOW OF PACIFIC AIR
DOMINATED. THE UPPER AIR PATTERN SHIFTED IN MID-JANUARY...FREQUENTLY
FEATURING AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EAST AND CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA
THROUGH FEBRUARY. THE RESULT WAS A PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. THERE WAS ALSO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL
OVER UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WINTER WITH THE
FREQUENT PASSAGE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EAST
HALF. SINCE THE FIRST HALF OF THE WINTER WAS WARMER THAN THE SECOND
HALF WAS COLDEST...THE OVERALL MEAN TEMPERATURE ENDED UP FROM 1.5 TO
3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.

         ...DECEMBER 2012-FEBRUARY 2013 WINTER STATISTICS...

                       ...MEAN TEMPERATURE...

              OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE     RECORD          RANK

NEWBERRY        22.2    19.2    +3.0    25.9 /1931-32/  13TH WARMEST

MARQUETTE CITY  23.8    21.0    +2.8    30.7 /1877-78/  21ST WARMEST

MANISTIQUE      22.8    20.1    +2.7    26.1 /1997-98/   8TH WARMEST

HOUGHTON        20.0    17.6    +2.4    26.0 /1997-98/  21ST WARMEST

MUNISING        22.3    20.1    +2.2    26.4 /2001-02/  12TH WARMEST

MARQUETTE NWS   18.0    15.9    +2.1    23.4 /1997-98/  12TH WARMEST

IRON MOUNTAIN   18.8    16.8    +2.0    25.4 /2001-02/  23RD WARMEST

IRONWOOD        15.9    14.4    +1.5    23.1 /1997-98/      ****

**** NOT IN TOP 25

                           ...SNOWFALL...

              OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE     RECORD          RANK

MANISTIQUE      73.9    54.9   +19.0    99.0 /2001-02/  10TH HIGHEST

MUNISING       128.6   111.0   +17.6   178.3 /2008-09/  14TH HIGHEST

NEWBERRY       106.6    92.8   +13.8   143.7 /2000-01/  12TH HIGHEST

IRON MOUNTAIN   39.5    36.3    +3.2    88.0 /1934-35/      ****

HOUGHTON       146.6   152.6    -6.0    46.5 /1925-26/      ****

MARQUETTE NWS  112.9   121.9    -9.0    46.2 /1962-63/      ****

IRONWOOD       108.5   118.7   -10.2    32.0 /1913-14/      ****

MARQUETTE CITY  50.7    75.5   -24.8    21.0 /1941-42/   23RD LOWEST

**** NOT IN TOP 25

                            ...PRECIPITATION...

              OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE     RECORD          RANK

MANISTIQUE      6.88    4.31    +2.57    9.14 /1978-79/   9TH HIGHEST

HOUGHTON        8.33    5.84    +2.49   15.51 /1983-84/      ****

MARQUETTE NWS   8.69    7.12    +1.57   14.49 /1968-69/      ****

NEWBERRY        9.01    7.46    +1.55   13.94 /1995-96/  13TH HIGHEST

MUNISING        9.96    9.03    +0.94   16.23 /1981-82/  11TH HIGHEST

IRON MOUNTAIN   4.40    3.78    +0.62    7.89 /1938-39/  23RD HIGHEST

IRONWOOD        5.80    5.31    +0.49   11.75 /1921-22/      ****

MARQUETTE CITY  4.89    5.11    -0.22    2.66 /1986-87/      ****

**** NOT IN TOP 25
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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 3.44 INCHES (2.07 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
                  SNOWFALL 54.1 INCHES (23.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)

ATLANTIC MINE (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 65.5 INCHES


MOHAWK (KEWEENAW COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 4.34 INCHES
                           SNOWFALL 54.6 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

WITCH LAKE (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 10.5 INCHES

BIG BAY (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.1 DEGREES
                             PRECIPITATION 2.38 INCHES
                             SNOWFALL 21.5 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)

HARVEY (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.8 DEGREES
                            PRECIPITATION 1.77 INCHES
                            SNOWFALL 25.5 INCHES

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)

WETMORE (ALGER COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 36.7 INCHES
(15 MILES SOUTH)

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.

                           APRIL FORECAST

THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING A GREATER THAN
CLIMATOLOGICAL CHANCE OF AN ABOVE NORMAL MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE
OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BUT AN EQUAL CHANCE OF AN
ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE OVER THE WEST IN APRIL 2013.
THE CPC INDICATES A GREATER THAN CLIMATOLOGICAL CHANCE OF ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION OVER ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN IN APRIL.

                         APRIL CLIMATOLOGY

AS THE SUN CONTINUES ITS MARCH NORTHWARD DURING THE FOURTH MONTH OF
THE YEAR...DAYLIGHT AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES INCREASE STEADILY. THE
DAILY POSSIBLE SUNSHINE INCREASES FROM 769 MINUTES ON 4/1 TO 860
MINUTES ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. ON 4/1...NORMAL MAXIMUM AND
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT THE MARQUETTE NWS ARE 41 AND 21...BUT
REBOUND TO 55 AND 35 ON 4/30. MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
THROUGHOUT UPPER MICHIGAN ARE 12 TO 14 DEGREES HIGHER IN APRIL THAN
IN MARCH. THE RELATIVELY COOL WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES OFTEN KEEP
TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SHORE DURING THE DAY MUCH LOWER THAN FARTHER
INLAND.

AVERAGE PRECIPITATION IN APRIL IS GREATER THAN IN MARCH OVER MUCH OF
INTERIOR UPPER MICHIGAN...BUT GENERALLY LESS IN AREAS NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR AS THE RELATIVELY COOL WATERS INCREASE LOW LEVEL STABILITY
AND REDUCE THE THREAT OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND CONVECTIVE SHOWERS.
SNOWFALL DURING WARM AND/OR DRY APRILS ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN IS
OFTEN LESS THAN AN INCH.

SUMMER-LIKE WEATHER CAN OCCUR DURING APRIL. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH GO ABOVE 90 IN SOME LOCATIONS...INCLUDING
THE 94 AND 92 DEGREE READINGS OBSERVED AT IRON MOUNTAIN AND THE
MARQUETTE NWS ON 4/22/80. ALTHOUGH APRIL 1987 IS THE WARMEST ON
RECORD OR AT LEAST IN THE TOP FIVE WARMEST AT MANY PLACES...THE
SECOND HALF OF APRIL 1990 STANDS OUT AS A PERIOD OF UNPRECEDENTED
WARMTH. IN FACT...THE WEEK BETWEEN 4/22/90 AND 4/29/90 IS THE
WARMEST ON RECORD AT ALL REPORTING STATIONS. TEMPERATURES DURING
THIS WEEK AVERAGED AS HIGH AS 68 AT MUNISING AND THE MARQUETTE
NWS...67 AT ONTONAGON...65 AT IRON MOUNTAIN...IRONWOOD AND
MANISTIQUE...64 AT HOUGHTON AND 62 AT NEWBERRY. AT MANY OF THESE
SITES... THE HIGHEST APRIL TEMPERATURE ON RECORD OCCURRED DURING
THIS WEEK...INCLUDING 89 AT MUNISING (4/26/90) AND ONTONAGON
(4/25/90)...88 AT HOUGHTON (4/25/90)...84 AT MANISTIQUE (4/26/90)
AND 82 AT NEWBERRY (4/25/90). SEVEN OF THE 10 HIGHEST APRIL MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES RECORDED AT MANISTIQUE OCCURRED BETWEEN 4/23/90 AND
4/29/90. ALL OF THESE TEMPERATURES WOULD BE CONSIDERED NORMAL OR
EVEN ABOVE NORMAL DURING MID SUMMER.

WHEN APRIL TEMPERATURES SOAR QUICKLY WITH LINGERING DEEP WINTER SNOW
COVER...SNOWMELT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IF HEAVY
RAINS FALL AROUND THE TIME OF WARMUP. IN 2002...THE COMBINATION OF
DEEP EARLY APRIL SNOW COVER AND A FEW DAYS OF HEAVY RAIN BEFORE
TEMPERATURES WARMED AS HIGH AS 80 TO 85 CAUSED DISASTROUS MID-APRIL
FLOODING IN WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THE FLOODING WAS SO BAD IN
GOGEBIC COUNTY THEN MICHIGAN GOVERNOR JOHN ENGLER DECLARED THAT
COUNTY A DISASTER AREA AND DISPATCHED MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS
TO ASSIST WITH RECOVERY. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS UNCOMMON ACROSS
UPPER MICHIGAN IN APRIL...AN OUTBREAK OF EARLY SEASON SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ENDED THIS PREMATURE SUMMER WARMTH IN APRIL 2002.

ALTHOUGH AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CLIMB QUICKLY IN APRIL AND SUMMER-LIKE
HEAT SOMETIMES HERALDS THE COMING WARM SEASON...WINTER CAN RETURN
WITH A VENGEANCE EVEN AT MONTHS END. RECORD HIGH MONTHLY SNOWFALL AT
ALMOST ALL LOCATIONS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTIES IS 20 INCHES
OR MORE. A HISTORIC BLIZZARD STRUCK THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF UPPER
MICHIGAN ON 4/3 INTO 4/8 IN 2007. THE COMBINATION OF LAKE ENHANCED
SNOW AND NORTH WIND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 50 MPH CAUSED WIDESPREAD
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ON 4/4 AND 4/5 THAT YEAR NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. BY
THE TIME THE SNOW ENDED EARLY ON 4/8/2007...AS MUCH AS 59.0 INCHES
HAD FALLEN AT PAINESDALE IN HOUGHTON COUNTY. APRIL 2008 AND 2009
ALSO FEATURED HEAVY SNOW IN MANY LOCATIONS WITH SOME TOP 10 MONTHLY
SNOW AMOUNTS. IN FACT...APRIL 2008 GOES DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AT
IRON MOUNTAIN AS THE SNOWIEST FOURTH MONTH ON RECORD WITH 19.5
INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF. THE MERCURY HAS FALLEN AS LOW AS -12 AT
IRONWOOD (4/7/82)...-9 AT THE MARQUETTE NWS (4/6/2003)...-7 AT
MANISTIQUE (4/5/72)...-6 AT IRON MOUNTAIN (4/5/72)...-4 AT MUNISING
(4/6/50)... -2 AT NEWBERRY (4/1/23) AND ZERO AT HOUGHTON (4/4/54)
AND ONTONAGON (4/7/96). IRONWOOD HAS REPORTED TEMPERATURES WELL
BELOW ZERO EVEN AFTER MID MONTH...-8 AND -5 ON 4/17/83 AND 4/18/83
RESPECTIVELY. APRIL 1995 AND 1996 WERE NOTORIOUSLY COLD ACROSS UPPER
MICHIGAN WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING FIVE DEGREES OR MORE BELOW
NORMAL...AND MANY PLACES COUNT THESE MONTHS IN THE TOP FIVE COLDEST
APRILS ON RECORD.  APRIL 1950 STANDS OUT AS VERY CHILLY AT STATIONS
WITH A LONGER CLIMATE RECORD. THAT MONTH IS THE COLDEST APRIL AT
NEWBERRY (AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 29.9)...IRON MOUNTAIN (32.3) AND
MUNISING (31.3) AND IN THE TOP FIVE COLDEST AT IRONWOOD (31.0) AND
MANISTIQUE (33.0).

               OUTLOOK FOR LATE SPRING AND 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 MAY THROUGH JULY 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