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

...APRIL 2013 CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR IRON MOUNTAIN-KINGSFORD
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT NEAR IRON MOUNTAIN...

...COLD WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...
...SEVENTH COLDEST APRIL...

                                    NORMAL   DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         36.1     41.5  MINUS    5.4
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    45.5     53.6  MINUS    8.1
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE     26.6     29.4  MINUS    2.8
HEATING DEGREE DAYS          861      706   PLUS    155
COOLING DEGREE DAYS            0        1  MINUS      1
TOTAL PRECIPITATION         3.69     2.36   PLUS   1.33
TOTAL SNOWFALL               8.0      4.6   PLUS    3.4

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                    74 ON 4/30
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                     10 ON 4/3
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:       0.57 ON 4/14-4/15
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:             5.5 ON 4/11-4/12

SEVENTH LOWEST APRIL MEAN TEMPERATURE...36.1 (RECORD 31.6...1907)
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                     APRIL 2013 MEAN TEMPERATURE

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE      RECORD      2013 RANK

IRON MOUNTAIN   36.1     41.5      -5.4     31.6 /1907/   7TH COLDEST


                       APRIL 2013 PRECIPITATION

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE      RECORD      2013 RANK

IRON MOUNTAIN   3.69     2.36     +1.33     7.07 /1951/  15TH HIGHEST


                          APRIL 2013 SNOWFALL

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE      RECORD      2013 RANK

IRON MOUNTAIN    8.0      4.6      +3.4     22.0 /1907/  20TH HIGHEST
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NOTE THAT STATISTICS FOR THE IRON MOUNTAIN-KINGSFORD WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT COOPERATIVE OBSERVER SITE NEAR IRON MOUNTAIN ARE
BASED ON RECORDS WHICH BEGAN IN MARCH 1931. ANY DATA LISTED FROM
YEARS BEFORE 1931 WERE TAKEN AT NEARBY SITES. 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