Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI

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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
655 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

...MAY 2013 CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR NEWBERRY...

...NEAR NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION...
...THIRD HIGHEST MAY SNOWFALL...

                                    NORMAL   DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         52.3     51.6   PLUS    0.7
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    63.3     63.3             0
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE     41.2     39.9   PLUS    1.3
HEATING DEGREE DAYS          394      414  MINUS     20
COOLING DEGREE DAYS            6        6             0
TOTAL PRECIPITATION         2.60     2.61  MINUS   0.01
TOTAL SNOWFALL               2.3      0.1   PLUS    2.2

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                   81 ON 5/30
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                    27 ON 5/13
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:      1.11 ON 5/20
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:            2.3 ON 5/11-5/12

DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 5/12...0.7 (OLD RECORD TRACE...1946/2002)
DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION ON 5/20...1.11 (0.72...2004)
DAILY RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED ON 5/31...63 (63...2011)
THIRD HIGHEST MAY SNOWFALL...2.3 (RECORD 28.0...1979)
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                   ...WELL ABOVE NORMAL SNOWFALL...

                    MARCH-MAY 2013 MEAN TEMPERATURE

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE      RECORD      2013 RANK

NEWBERRY        37.6     37.9      -0.3     33.9 /1926/       ****

                     MARCH-MAY 2013 PRECIPITATION

                                               RECORD
              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE  /OR PREVIOUS/   2013 RANK

NEWBERRY        8.24     7.10     +1.14    17.12 /2002/  22ND HIGHEST

                        MARCH-MAY 2013 SNOWFALL

                                               RECORD
              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE  /OR PREVIOUS/   2013 RANK

NEWBERRY        55.7     25.1     +30.6     88.5 /2002/   2ND HIGHEST

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NOTE THAT STATISTICS PRESENTED ARE A COMBINATION OF DATA COLLECTED
AT A SITE JUST NORTH OF NEWBERRY AND THE LUCE COUNTY AIRPORT.
NORMALS...CALCULATED FOR THE PERIOD 1981 THROUGH 2010...AND RECORDS
MAY REFLECT OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT OTHER SITES NEAR NEWBERRY SINCE
1911. 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.

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