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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
835 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

...APRIL 2013 CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR GOGEBIC-IRON WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT NEAR IRONWOOD...

...COLD WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION...
...RECORD HIGHEST APRIL SNOWFALL...
...SECOND COLDEST APRIL...
...THIRD WETTEST APRIL...

                                    NORMAL   DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         30.9     39.3  MINUS    8.4
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    40.6     49.8  MINUS    9.3
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE     21.2     28.8  MINUS    7.6
HEATING DEGREE DAYS         1019      773   PLUS    246
COOLING DEGREE DAYS            0        1  MINUS      1
TOTAL PRECIPITATION         6.53     2.64   PLUS   3.89
TOTAL SNOWFALL              44.9     11.4   PLUS   33.5

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                    77 ON 4/30
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                      4 ON 4/3
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:       1.30 ON 4/18-4/19
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:             9.7 ON 4/22-4/23

DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 4/12...9.0 (OLD RECORD 6.0...1934)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/14...5 (6...1950)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/15...7 (8...1935)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 4/19...8.5 (6.0...1970)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/20...5 (11...1904/28)
DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/20...31 (36...1904/41)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/21...5 (18...1978)
DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/21...29 (33...2009)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 4/23...9.3 (6.0...1910)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/24...10 (16...1967)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/25...11 (18...1967/72)
RECORD HIGHEST APRIL SNOWFALL...44.9 (43.0...1928)
SECOND LOWEST APRIL MEAN TEMPERATURE...30.9 (RECORD 30.3...1907)
THIRD HIGHEST APRIL PRECIPITATION...6.53 (7.91...1960)

NOTE THAT STATISTICS FOR THE GOGEBIC-IRON WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SITE ARE BASED ON RECORDS WHICH BEGAN IN JULY
1901. NORMALS USED ARE FOR THE PERIOD 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.

NWS MARQUETTE WEB PAGE IS AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT/INDEX.HTM
(ALL LOWER CASE). SEE ARBCLMMQT (CXUS53 KMQT) FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON
UPPER MICHIGAN CLIMATE. CONTACT THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER AT
(828) 271-4800 OR WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV.

KC