Record Report
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
568 SXUS73 KAPX 280553 RERAPN RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 1253 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024 ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, AND METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT ALPENA MI ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 70 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED AT ALPENA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024. THIS OBLITERATES THE OLD DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 61 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET IN 2018. IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES A NEW FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR ALPENA AT 70 DEGREES, ALSO SOUNDLY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME FEBRUARY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET BACK ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 1984. ON TOP OF THE MONTHLY RECORD, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT ALPENA DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 65 DEGREES, SET THREE SEPARATE TIMES: DECEMBER 25TH, 1982, FEBRUARY 23RD, 1984, AND DECEMBER 5TH, 2001. FINALLY, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE FIRST TIME THAT THE 70 DEGREE MARK WAS ECLIPSED IN ALPENA IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND ESTABLISHES THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF A 70 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN A CALENDAR YEAR. THE PREVIOUS EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF A 70 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN ALPENA OCCURRED ON MARCH 7TH, 2000. WEATHER RECORDS FOR ALPENA DATE TO 1916. $$ DIPPMAN