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CXUS53 KMQT 131323 AAB
CLMMQT
CLIMATE REPORT...PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
920 AM EST WED MAR 13 2013
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...THE MARQUETTE MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2013...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1961 TO 2013
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 61 02/17/1981
LOW -34 02/17/1979
HIGHEST 38 02/13 24 14 41 02/05
02/04
LOWEST -20 02/04 5 -25 -3 02/26
02/19
AVG. MAXIMUM 22.5 25.6 -3.1 31.6
AVG. MINIMUM 5.9 5.3 0.6 15.3
MEAN 14.2 15.5 -1.3 23.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 25 20.6 4.4 15
DAYS MIN <= 32 28 27.6 0.4 29
DAYS MIN <= 0 10 10.2 -0.2 2
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.35 2002
MINIMUM 0.48 1994
TOTALS 2.79 2.14 0.65 1.65
DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.08 0.02 0.06
DAYS >= .01 18 13.1 4.9 14
DAYS >= .10 8 5.5 2.5 4
DAYS >= .50 1 1.0 0.0 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.2 -0.2 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.96 02/19 TO 02/20
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 91.9 2002
TOTALS 41.8 35.9 5.9 28.3
SINCE 7/1 133.8 152.4 -18.6 122.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 26 24 2 22
DAYS >= 1.0 11 8.0 3.0 7
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 33 02/28 26 02/27
02/24 02/28
02/20 02/29
24 HR TOTAL 12.6 02/19 TO 02/20
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 1414 1387 27 1198
SINCE 7/1 6310 6624 -314 5781
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED MM
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM DATE MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 45/360 DATE 02/19
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR MM
NUMBER OF DAYS PC MM
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY MM
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) MM
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 2
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 1 FREEZING RAIN 1
LT FREEZING RAIN 2 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 3
LIGHT SNOW 22 SLEET 1
FOG 4 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
...FEBRUARY 2013 MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR UPPER MICHIGAN...
(THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT INCLUDE CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES)
...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...
...SECOND HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT MUNISING...
...THIRD HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT ONTONAGON...
...FOURTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AT MUNISING...
...FOURTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT MANISTIQUE AND NEWBERRY...
...SIXTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AT MANISTIQUE...
...SEVENTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY SNOWFALL AT HOUGHTON...
...NINTH HIGHEST FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AT NEWBERRY...
...COLDER THAN NORMAL ESPECIALLY NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER...
FEBRUARY CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE MARQUETTE NWS IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP
NORMAL DEPARTURE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.2 15.5 MINUS 1.3
AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE 22.5 25.6 MINUS 3.1
AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE 5.9 5.3 PLUS 0.6
HEATING DEGREE DAYS 1414 1387 PLUS 27
COOLING DEGREE DAYS 0 0 0
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 2.79 2.14 PLUS 0.65
TOTAL SNOWFALL 41.8 35.9 PLUS 5.9
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE: 38 ON 2/13
LOWEST TEMPERATURE: -20 ON 2/4
GREATEST CALENDAR DAY PRECIPITATION: 0.94 ON 2/19
GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION: 0.96 ON 2/19-2/20
GREATEST CALENDAR DAY SNOWFALL: 12.4 ON 2/19
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL: 12.6 ON 2/19-2/20
PEAK WIND SPEED: 45 MPH FROM THE NORTH ON 2/19
MAXIMUM SNOW DEPTH: 33 ON 2/20...2/24...2/28
DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION ON 2/19...0.94 (OLD RECORD 0.87...1984)
DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL ON 2/19...12.4 (7.7...1984)
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...OVERALL DEC THROUGH FEB WINTER STATISTICS FOR THE MARQUETTE NWS...
OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE RECORD RANK
AVERAGE TEMP 18.0 15.9 +2.1 23.4 /1997-98/ 12TH WARMEST
PRECIPITATION 8.69 7.12 +1.57 14.49 /1968-69/ ****
SNOWFALL 112.9 121.9 -9.0 46.2 /1962-63/ ****
**** RANK NOT IN TOP 25
...12/1 THROUGH 1/15 STATISTICS...
OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE RECORD RANK
AVERAGE TEMP 23.0 17.1 +5.9 25.0 /2001-02/ 5TH WARMEST
PRECIPITATION 3.37 3.75 -0.38 0.71 /1994-95/ 25TH LOWEST
SNOWFALL 30.7 63.8 -33.1 7.7 /1967-68/ 9TH LOWEST
...1/16 THROUGH 2/28 STATISTICS...
OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE RECORD RANK
AVERAGE TEMP 12.8 14.6 -1.8 1.3 /1963/ 21ST LOWEST
PRECIPITATION 5.32 3.37 +1.95 7.39 /1996/ 5TH HIGHEST
SNOWFALL 82.2 58.1 +24.1 113.2 /2002/ 4TH HIGHEST
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GREAT LAKES WATER LEVELS (FEET/METERS ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL)
LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE MICHIGAN-HURON
2/01/13 DAILY MEAN 600.29/182.97 576.12/175.60
2/28/13 DAILY MEAN 600.20/182.94 576.18/175.62
AVG JAN 2013 DAILY MEAN 600.35/182.99 576.02/175.57
AVG FEB 2012 DAILY MEAN 600.20/182.94 577.30/175.96
LONG TERM FEB DAILY MEAN 601.30/183.27 578.40/176.29
MAXIMUM FEB DAILY MEAN 602.50/183.63 581.10/177.11
(1986) (1986)
MINIMUM FEB DAILY MEAN 599.60/182.76 576.10/175.59
(1926) (1964)
...LEVELS NEAR RECORD LOWS ON LAKES MICHIGAN-HURON IN FEBRUARY...
INCREASED EVAPORATION DUE TO VERY WARM LAKE WATERS AND A LACK OF
SIGNIFICANT WINTER ICE HAS RESULTED IN WELL BELOW NORMAL GREAT LAKES
WATER LEVELS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. IN COMBINATION WITH DROUGHT
THAT PLAGUED THE LOWER LAKES THROUGH MUCH OF 2012...THE WATER LEVEL
ON LAKES MICHIGAN-HURON DROPPED TO JUST BELOW THE RECORD LOW IN
NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY. INCREASED PRECIPITATION IN LATE JANUARY
THROUGH FEBRUARY HELPED RAISE WATER LEVELS TO A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE
RECORD LOW IN FEBRUARY. BUT LEVELS ON LAKES MICHIGAN-HURON WERE
STILL ALMOST 27 INCHES BELOW THE LONG TERM AVERAGE AT THE END OF THE
MONTH. AS IS TYPICAL IN FEBRUARY...LAKE SUPERIOR WATER LEVELS FELL
SLOWLY...HOLDING A BIT MORE THAN A FOOT BELOW NORMAL THROUGH 2/28.
PERIODS OF INTENSE COLD DURING THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY AND MAINLY
THE FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY MAINTAINED SIGNIFICANT ICE COVER ON THE
BAY OF GREEN BAY THROUGH FEBRUARY. ICE FORMATION ON LAKE SUPERIOR
WAS LIMITED TO MAINLY THE NEARSHORE AREAS AND IN THE MORE SHELTERED
BAYS.
OBTAIN GREAT LAKES WATER LEVEL DATA AS REPORTED BY THE U.S. ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS AT
HTTP://WWW.LRE.USACE.ARMY.MIL/GREATLAKES/HH/GREATLAKESWATERLEVELS/
CURRENTCONDITIONS/GREATLAKESWATERLEVELS (ALL LOWER CASE).
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FEBRUARY CLIMATE HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE...44 AT KENTON IN HOUGHTON COUNTY ON
2/13
LOWEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE...-28 AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION IN MARQUETTE
COUNTY ON 2/4 AND STAMBAUGH IN IRON
COUNTY ON 2/17
HIGHEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...20.3 DEGREES AT MARQUETTE CITY
LOWEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...9.7 DEGREES AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION
IN MARQUETTE COUNTY
HIGHEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...4.34 INCHES AT MOHAWK IN KEWEENAW
COUNTY
LOWEST MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...1.10 INCHES AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION
HIGHEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL...65.5 INCHES AT ATLANTIC MINE IN HOUGHTON
COUNTY
LOWEST MONTHLY SNOWFALL...10.5 INCHES AT WITCH LAKE IN MARQUETTE
COUNTY
GREATEST SNOW DEPTH...48 INCHES AT HERMAN IN BARAGA COUNTY ON 2/20
FEBRUARY 2013 FEATURED A FAIRLY ACTIVE...CHANGEABLE WEATHER PATTERN
THAT ALLOWED SOME DEEPER...MOISTURE-LADEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS TO
IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN FROM TIME-TO-TIME. IN COMBINATION WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS THAT FELL WHEN A DEEP UPPER TROUGH DOMINATED
DURING THE FIRST AND PART OF THE THIRD WEEKS...MONTHLY PRECIPITATION
AND SNOWFALL WERE ABOVE NORMAL TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE EAST AND KEWEENAW. FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL
REACHED OVER 4.00 INCHES AND 50 TO EVEN 60 INCHES RESPECTIVELY AT
SOME LOCATIONS IN THESE AREAS...VALUES AS MUCH AS 200 TO 300 PERCENT
OF NORMAL. IN FACT...SOME PLACES OVER THE KEWEENAW AND IN THE AREA
EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO MENOMINEE ENDURED A TOP FIVE
WETTEST AND SNOWIEST FEBRUARY. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE IN DEEP
WINTER...THE LEAST SNOW AND PRECIPITATION FELL OVER THE INTERIOR
WEST HALF...WHERE TOTALS ENDED UP 14 TO 18 INCHES AND 1.00 TO 1.50
INCHES. THESE NUMBERS ARE ABOUT 150 TO 175 PERCENT OF NORMAL.
THE MOST NOTABLE STORM OF THE MONTH OCCURRED FROM LATE ON 2/18
THROUGH 2/20...WHEN A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL
GREAT LAKES AND INTO ONTARIO BROUGHT SOME HEAVY SNOW TO MAINLY THE
EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH 2/19. EVEN AFTER THE LOW MOVED
INTO ONTARIO...LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONTINUED NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH
MOST OF 2/20. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH
CAUSED EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
CONDITIONS WERE SO BAD BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND MUNISING THE STATE
POLICE CLOSED HIGHWAY M-28 FROM THE AFTERNOON ON 2/19 THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING OF 2/21. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDED LATE ON 2/20...AS
MUCH AS 18 TO 30 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF
MARQUETTE AND ALGER COUNTIES.
ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME MILD STRETCHES IN FEBRUARY DURING THE
SECOND AND FOURTH WEEKS...INTENSE COLD DURING THE FIRST 6 DAYS AND
JUST AFTER MID-MONTH WHEN THE DEEP UPPER TROUGH DOMINATED THE GREAT
LAKES LOWERED THE MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE IN FEBRUARY 2013 TO AS
MUCH AS 3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER TO ABOUT
0.5 DEGREE BELOW AVERAGE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR
AND EAST. THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE...WHICH RANGED BETWEEN ABOUT
10 DEGREES AT SOME OF THE COLDER PLACES OVER THE INTERIOR AND 20
DEGREES NEAR THE WARMING INFLUENCE OF THE LAKES...WAS ABOUT 1 TO 3
DEGREES LOWER THAN THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURES LOGGED IN JANUARY
ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN.
WHEN ARCTIC AIRMASSES DOMINATED...THE MERCURY SANK INTO THE TEENS
BELOW ZERO AT AT LEAST ONE SPOT EACH MORNING FROM 2/1 THROUGH
2/6...ON 2/9...2/16...2/17 AND 2/21. SOME MINIMUM READINGS WERE INTO
THE -20S ON 2/2...2/4...2/9 AND 2/17...INCLUDING THE MONTHLY LOW OF
-28 AT CLARKSBURG-CHAMPION ON 2/4 AND STAMBAUGH ON 2/17. WHEN THE
TROUGH WEAKENED AND GAVE WAY TO UPPER RIDGING IN THE GREAT LAKES AT
A TIME OF INCREASING SUN ANGLE AND LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT...SOME
LOCATIONS REPORTED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S ON 2/13...2/18...
2/25 AND 2/26.
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...WINTER 2012-2013 SUMMARY...
THE WINTER OF 2012-2013 WAS ACTUALLY A TALE OF TWO SEASONS. THE
FIRST HALF OF THE WINTER FROM 12/1 THROUGH 1/15 WAS QUITE MILD WITH
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL AS A FLOW OF PACIFIC AIR
DOMINATED. THE UPPER AIR PATTERN SHIFTED IN MID-JANUARY...FREQUENTLY
FEATURING AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EAST AND CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA
THROUGH FEBRUARY. THE RESULT WAS A PERIOD OF BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. THERE WAS ALSO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL
OVER UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WINTER WITH THE
FREQUENT PASSAGE OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EAST
HALF. SINCE THE FIRST HALF OF THE WINTER WAS WARMER THAN THE SECOND
HALF WAS COLDEST...THE OVERALL MEAN TEMPERATURE ENDED UP FROM 1.5 TO
3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
...DECEMBER 2012-FEBRUARY 2013 WINTER STATISTICS...
...MEAN TEMPERATURE...
OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE RECORD RANK
NEWBERRY 22.2 19.2 +3.0 25.9 /1931-32/ 13TH WARMEST
MARQUETTE CITY 23.8 21.0 +2.8 30.7 /1877-78/ 21ST WARMEST
MANISTIQUE 22.8 20.1 +2.7 26.1 /1997-98/ 8TH WARMEST
HOUGHTON 20.0 17.6 +2.4 26.0 /1997-98/ 21ST WARMEST
MUNISING 22.3 20.1 +2.2 26.4 /2001-02/ 12TH WARMEST
MARQUETTE NWS 18.0 15.9 +2.1 23.4 /1997-98/ 12TH WARMEST
IRON MOUNTAIN 18.8 16.8 +2.0 25.4 /2001-02/ 23RD WARMEST
IRONWOOD 15.9 14.4 +1.5 23.1 /1997-98/ ****
**** NOT IN TOP 25
...SNOWFALL...
OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE RECORD RANK
MANISTIQUE 73.9 54.9 +19.0 99.0 /2001-02/ 10TH HIGHEST
MUNISING 128.6 111.0 +17.6 178.3 /2008-09/ 14TH HIGHEST
NEWBERRY 106.6 92.8 +13.8 143.7 /2000-01/ 12TH HIGHEST
IRON MOUNTAIN 39.5 36.3 +2.8 88.0 /1934-35/ ****
HOUGHTON 146.6 152.6 -6.0 46.5 /1925-26/ ****
MARQUETTE NWS 112.9 121.9 -9.0 46.2 /1962-63/ ****
IRONWOOD 108.5 118.7 -10.2 32.0 /1913-14/ ****
MARQUETTE CITY 50.7 75.5 -24.8 21.0 /1941-42/ 23RD LOWEST
**** NOT IN TOP 25
...PRECIPITATION...
OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE RECORD RANK
MANISTIQUE 6.88 4.31 +2.57 9.14 /1978-79/ 9TH HIGHEST
HOUGHTON 8.33 5.84 +2.49 15.51 /1983-84/ ****
MARQUETTE NWS 8.69 7.12 +1.57 14.49 /1968-69/ ****
NEWBERRY 9.01 7.46 +1.55 13.94 /1995-96/ 13TH HIGHEST
MUNISING 9.96 9.03 +0.94 16.23 /1981-82/ 11TH HIGHEST
IRON MOUNTAIN 4.40 3.78 +0.62 7.89 /1938-39/ 23RD HIGHEST
IRONWOOD 5.80 5.31 +0.49 11.75 /1921-22/ ****
MARQUETTE CITY 4.89 5.11 -0.22 2.66 /1986-87/ ****
**** NOT IN TOP 25
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SOME OTHER TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OBSERVATIONS ACROSS UPPER
MICHIGAN IN FEBRUARY 2013 INCLUDE:
IRONWOOD...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 11.5 (3.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL)
PRECIPITATION 2.24 INCHES (0.97 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
SNOWFALL 49.9 INCHES (21.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
WATERSMEET (GOGEBIC COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.59 INCHES
SNOWFALL 17.5 INCHES
ONTONAGON...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 17.6 (1.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL)
(6 MILES PRECIPITATION 1.94 INCHES (0.31 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
INLAND) SNOWFALL 43.5 INCHES (16.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
ROCKLAND (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 58.1 INCHES
GREENLAND (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.9 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 2.36 INCHES
SNOWFALL 47.2 INCHES
BERGLAND DAM (ONTONAGON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 12.3 DEGREES
SNOWFALL 39.0 INCHES
TWIN LAKES (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 11.9 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 3.29 INCHES
SNOWFALL 58.8 INCHES
HOUGHTON COUNTY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 16.5 (0.4 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL)
AIRPORT PRECIPITATION 3.44 INCHES (2.07 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
SNOWFALL 54.1 INCHES (23.2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
ATLANTIC MINE (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 65.5 INCHES
MOHAWK (KEWEENAW COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 4.34 INCHES
SNOWFALL 54.6 INCHES
COPPER HARBOR...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.4 DEGREES
JACOBSVILLE (HOUGHTON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 17.3 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 1.62 INCHES
SNOWFALL 22.7 INCHES
BARAGA...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 16.3 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 1.30 INCHES
SNOWFALL 22.1 INCHES
WATTON (BARAGA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.1 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 1.63 INCHES
SNOWFALL 26.8 INCHES
HERMAN (BARAGA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 11.0 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 2.38 INCHES
SNOWFALL 58.2 INCHES
CLARKSBURG (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 9.7 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 1.10 INCHES
SNOWFALL 25.7 INCHES
WITCH LAKE (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 10.5 INCHES
BIG BAY (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.1 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 2.38 INCHES
SNOWFALL 21.5 INCHES
MARQUETTE CITY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 20.3 (0.4 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL)
PRECIPITATION 2.23 INCHES (0.92 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
SNOWFALL 31.2 INCHES (10.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
HARVEY (MARQUETTE COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.8 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 1.77 INCHES
SNOWFALL 25.5 INCHES
CHATHAM (ALGER COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 17.8 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 3.05 INCHES
SNOWFALL 52.4 INCHES
MUNISING...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.1 (0.3 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL)
PRECIPITATION 4.26 INCHES (2.25 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
SNOWFALL 58.2 INCHES (31.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
WETMORE (ALGER COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 36.7 INCHES
(15 MILES SOUTH)
GRAND MARAIS...PRECIPITATION 3.96 INCHES
(10 MILES SOUTH) SNOWFALL 59.0 INCHES
NEWBERRY...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 18.2 (0.5 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL)
PRECIPITATION 3.20 INCHES (1.34 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
SNOWFALL 43.0 INCHES (19.3 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
STAMBAUGH (IRON COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 10.7 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 1.18 INCHES
SNOWFALL 15.6 INCHES
AMASA (IRON COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.16 INCHES
SNOWFALL 19.2 INCHES
IRON MOUNTAIN...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 14.4 (3.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL)
PRECIPITATION 1.59 INCHES (0.59 INCH ABOVE NORMAL)
SNOWFALL 14.2 INCHES (5.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
NORWAY (DICKINSON COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 1.55 INCHES
SNOWFALL 14.3 INCHES
MENOMINEE...PRECIPITATION 3.06 INCHES
SNOWFALL 16.1 INCHES
GLADSTONE (DELTA COUNTY)...PRECIPITATION 2.75 INCHES
SNOWFALL 19.9 INCHES
GARDEN CORNERS (DELTA COUNTY)...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 16.7 DEGREES
PRECIPITATION 2.68 INCHES
SNOWFALL 21.7 INCHES
COOKS (SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY)...SNOWFALL 38.2 INCHES
MANISTIQUE...AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 19.1 (0.3 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL)
PRECIPITATION 2.48 INCHES (1.85 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
SNOWFALL 31.5 INCHES (16.9 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
FEBRUARY WEATHER SUMMARY
MORE TO COME LATER.
MARCH FORECAST
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING AN EQUAL CHANCE
OF AN ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION OVER ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN IN MARCH 2013.
MARCH CLIMATOLOGY
AS THE SUN CONTINUES ITS MARCH NORTHWARD DURING THE THIRD MONTH OF
THE YEAR...DAYLIGHT AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES INCREASE STEADILY. THE
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE INCREASES FROM 666 MINUTES ON 3/1 TO 765 MINUTES
ON 3/31. ON 3/1...NORMAL MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT THE
MARQUETTE NWS ARE 30 AND 8...BUT REBOUND TO 40 AND 20 ON 3/31.
MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT UPPER MICHIGAN ARE 8 TO 11
DEGREES HIGHER IN MARCH THAN FEBRUARY. REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR CLOCKS
AHEAD ONE HOUR AT 2 AM EST ON SUNDAY 3/10 AS MOST OF THE UNITED
STATES TRANSITIONS FROM STANDARD TIME TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
SPRING ARRIVES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE THIS YEAR ON 3/20 AT 7:02
AM EDT.
SPRING OFTEN TEASES UPPER MICHIGAN RESIDENTS DURING MARCH WITH
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING WELL INTO THE 60S AND 70S COMMON
BY MONTH`S END. BUT IN MARCH 2012...UNPRECEDENTED WARMTH ARRIVED AT
MID-MONTH AS A SPRAWLING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE GREAT
LAKES FOR ALMOST 3 WEEKS. MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURES ENDED UP 10 TO
16 DEGREES ABOVE THE LONG TERM AVERAGE...ENOUGH TO PLACE MARCH 2012
AS THE WARMEST THIRD MONTH ON RECORD ALMOST EVERYWHERE EXCEPT FOR
MANISTIQUE. DURING THE WARMEST STRETCH FROM 3/17 TO 3/21...MEAN
DAILY TEMPERATURES AVERAGED AN INCREDIBLE 35 TO 40 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. MANY LOCATIONS REPORTED THE HIGHEST MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED IN MARCH DURING THIS WARM SPELL...
INCLUDING SOME DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S AND OVERNIGHT LOWS IN
THE 50S AND LOW 60S. HARVEY IN MARQUETTE COUNTY LOGGED THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE...AN INCREDIBLE 85 ON 3/21. SOME OF THESE DAYS WOULD
HAVE BEEN WARM BY MID-SUMMER STANDARDS. IN RECENT MEMORY...MARCH
2010...2000 AND 1995 WERE ALSO QUITE WARM AND AMONG THE TOP FIVE
WARMEST AT MANY SPOTS. THE EARLY ONSET OF 70- TO 75-DEGREE PLUS
TEMPERATURES BY 3/7 IN MARCH 2000 WAS ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED.
RECORD LOW SNOWFALL AT ALL LOCATIONS DURING MARCH IS AN INCH OR
LESS. MANY LOCATIONS SET THIS MONTHLY RECORD FOR LOW SNOWFALL IN THE
WARM AND DRY MARCH OF 2010. A STRONG EL NINO ALSO RESULTED IN VERY
LOW SNOW TOTALS IN MARCH 1973...WHEN EVEN NORMALLY SNOWY MUNISING
RECORDED A MEAGER 0.5 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF.
BUT WINTER CAN ALSO SHOW ITS NASTY SIDE DURING MARCH. EVEN ON
3/31...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES REACH BELOW ZERO AT MANY PLACES...
INCLUDING -17 AT IRONWOOD (3/31/75). DURING THE VERY COLD MARCH
1965...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES AT THE MARQUETTE NWS DROPPED TO -20
AS LATE AS 3/24/65. ON 3/7/84 (1984 FEATURED A VERY COLD MARCH WITH
TEMPERATURES AVERAGING OVER 6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL)...THE LOW
TEMPERATURE AT IRONWOOD PLUMMETED TO 34 BELOW ZERO. MARCH 2002
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 5 TO 8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. IRONWOOD OBSERVED
THE SECOND COLDEST MARCH ON RECORD SINCE 1901...AND THE MARQUETTE
NWS SAW ITS THIRD COLDEST MARCH. IN 2003...AN ARCTIC INVASION AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE MONTH DROPPED THE MERCURY AS LOW AS 42 BELOW ZERO
AT EWEN IN ONTONAGON COUNTY ON 3/3. THE -30 DEGREE LOW AT THE
MARQUETTE NWS ON THE SAME MORNING SMASHED NOT ONLY THE DAILY LOW
TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR 3/3 BUT ALSO THE ALL TIME LOW MARCH
TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED AT THAT SITE (-27 ON 3/1/1962). THIS COLD
WAVE HELPED DROP THE MARCH 2003 MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 2 TO 6 DEGREES
BELOW THE AVERAGE.
ALTHOUGH LAKE EFFECT SNOW BECOMES LESS LIKELY DURING MARCH AS LAKE
SUPERIOR TEMPERATURES USUALLY REACH THEIR LOWEST READINGS...AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION DURING MARCH IS MORE THAN DURING FEBRUARY BECAUSE THE
NORTHWARD MOVING JET STREAM BRINGS MORE STORMS TO THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES. THIS INCREASED STORMINESS RESULTS IN HIGHER AVERAGE SNOWFALL
AT INLAND LOCATIONS THAN IN FEBRUARY. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOW AT
IRON MOUNTAIN DURING FEBRUARY IS 9.1 INCHES...BUT RISES TO 11.1
INCHES IN MARCH. HEAVY SNOW CAN FALL WHEN LARGE STORM SYSTEMS FUELED
BY THIS ACTIVE MARCH JET STREAM PUSH NORTHEAST FROM THE PLAINS INTO
THE GREAT LAKES. IN FACT...THE SNOWIEST DAY EVER AT THE MARQUETTE
NWS WAS 3/14/97...WHEN A POTENT LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVED THROUGH
WISCONSIN AND DUMPED 26.2 INCHES OF THE WHITE STUFF...PUSHING THE
SNOW DEPTH TO A RECORD 63 INCHES ON 3/15/97. SINCE THE EARLY WINTER
IN 2001-2002 WAS SO WARM AND LAKE SUPERIOR WATER TEMPERATURES WERE
WELL ABOVE NORMAL LATE IN THE WINTER...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW FELL
IN MARCH 2002 ONCE VERY COLD AIR PUSHED SOUTH AND CONTRIBUTED TO A
RECORD MARCH SNOWFALL AT THE MARQUETTE NWS (83.1 INCHES)...NEWBERRY
(66.9 INCHES)...AND IRONWOOD (60.8 INCHES). A TOTAL OF 63.5 INCHES
OF SNOW SMOTHERED THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT IN MARCH 1976. DURING
THAT SAME MARCH...60.6 INCHES ACCUMULATED AT THE MARQUETTE NWS.
OUTLOOK FOR SPRING INTO EARLY SUMMER
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING A GREATER THAN
CLIMATOLOGICAL CHANCE OF AN ABOVE NORMAL 3-MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
BUT AN EQUAL CHANCE OF ABOVE AND BELOW NORMAL 3-MONTH PRECIPITATION
OVER ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN IN APRIL THROUGH JUNE 2013.
GO TO HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/L3MTO.PHP TO ACCESS DETAILED
LOCAL THREE-MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS FOR A NUMBER OF SITES
IN UPPER MICHIGAN.
CHECK OUT HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AND MORE LONG RANGE PREDICTIONS.
NOTE THAT STATISTICS FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP ARE BASED ON RECORDS WHICH BEGAN IN OCTOBER 1961.
THIRTY YEAR NORMALS USED ARE FOR THE PERIOD OF 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.
ALSO NOTE THIS DISCUSSION DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FROM CHIPPEWA AND
MACKINAC COUNTIES.
NWS MARQUETTE WEB PAGE IS AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT (ALL LOWER
CASE). CONTACT THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER AT (828) 271-4800
OR WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV.
$$
KC
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