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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
955 PM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

...APRIL 2013 CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT...

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

                                    NORMAL   DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         31.9     38.0  MINUS    6.1
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    39.0     46.9  MINUS    7.9
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE     24.8     29.0  MINUS    4.2
HEATING DEGREE DAYS          986      812   PLUS    174
COOLING DEGREE DAYS            0        1  MINUS      1
TOTAL PRECIPITATION         4.86     1.84   PLUS   3.02
TOTAL SNOWFALL              35.1      7.8   PLUS   27.3

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                    67 ON 4/30
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                      4 ON 4/3
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:       1.04 ON 4/19
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:            10.0 ON 4/19

DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 4/12...4.0 (OLD RECORD 3.4...2000)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 4/14...4.3 (1.6...1964)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 4/19...10.0 (3.0...2009)
DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION ON 4/19...1.04 (0.49...1963)
DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/19...30 (32...1953)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/20...10 (19...1981)
DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/20...25 (30...1982)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/21...9 (16...1982)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 4/23...6.0 (3.0...2011)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/23...19 (21...1967)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON 4/24...12 (22...1967)
RECORD HIGHEST APRIL SNOWFALL...35.1 (OLD RECORD 35.0...1907)
SECOND HIGHEST APRIL PRECIPITATION...4.86 (RECORD 4.95...1954)
SEVENTH LOWEST APRIL MEAN TEMPERATURE...31.9 (27.9...1907)

MANUAL RECORDS AT THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT BEGAN IN AUGUST 1952
BUT ENDED IN OCTOBER 2000. THE DATA LISTED HERE ARE TAKEN FROM THE
AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM NEAR THE ORIGINAL OBSERVATION
SITE. THESE OBSERVATIONS ARE COMPARED TO NORMALS FOR 1981 TO 2010.
ANY DATA LISTED FROM YEARS BEFORE 1952 WERE TAKEN AT NEARBY SITES.
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). CONTACT THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER AT (828)
271-4800 OR WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV.

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