Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Marquette, MI

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MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
745 PM CST FRI FEB 6 2015

...JANUARY 2015 CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR IRON MOUNTAIN-KINGSFORD
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT NEAR IRON MOUNTAIN...

...BELOW NORMAL MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE MAINLY DUE TO INTENSE
COLD THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...
...BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...

                                    NORMAL   DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         12.1     13.7  MINUS    1.6
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    21.3     24.6  MINUS    3.3
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE      2.9      2.8   PLUS    0.1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS         1631     1590   PLUS     41
COOLING DEGREE DAYS            0        0             0
TOTAL PRECIPITATION         0.63     1.23  MINUS   0.60
TOTAL SNOWFALL               8.6     13.7  MINUS    5.1

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                    39 ON 1/24
LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                    -24 ON 1/13
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:       0.21 ON 1/26
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:             2.5 ON 1/3-1/4 AND 1/8

NO NEW DAILY OR MONTHLY RECORDS ESTABLISHED IN JANUARY 2015

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.

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