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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
100 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2013

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

...CHILLY AGAIN WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION...
...SECOND WETTEST MAY...
...THIRD HIGHEST MAY SNOWFALL...

                                    NORMAL   DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         50.1     51.9  MINUS    1.8
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    61.2     63.0  MINUS    1.8
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE     39.0     40.9  MINUS    1.9
HEATING DEGREE DAYS          463      416   PLUS     47
COOLING DEGREE DAYS            8       11  MINUS      3
TOTAL PRECIPITATION         7.14     3.13   PLUS   4.01
TOTAL SNOWFALL              15.1      1.9   PLUS   13.2

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                    83 ON 5/14
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                     26 ON 5/13
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:       1.32 ON 5/19-5/20
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:            10.1 ON 5/2

DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 5/2...10.1 (OLD RECORD 3.0...1954/1973)
MAY RECORD DAILY SNOWFALL ON 5/3...10.1 (8.3...5/12/1997)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL TIED ON 5/23...TRACE (TRACE...1949)
SECOND HIGHEST MAY PRECIPITATION...7.14 (RECORD 7.18...1942)
THIRD HIGHEST MAY SNOWFALL...15.1 (RECORD 19.1...1997)
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      ...CHILLY SPRING WITH RECORD PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...

                   MARCH-MAY 2013 MEAN TEMPERATURE

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE      RECORD      2013 RANK

IRONWOOD        33.6     38.8      -5.2     31.8 /1996/   4TH COOLEST


                     MARCH-MAY 2013 PRECIPITATION

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE   OLD RECORD     2013 RANK

IRONWOOD       15.67     7.75     +7.92    14.53 /1924/    NEW RECORD


                        MARCH-MAY 2013 SNOWFALL

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE   OLD RECORD     2013 RANK

IRONWOOD        91.0     38.2     +52.8     79.9 /2002/    NEW RECORD
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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
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
