Record Report
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
463 SXUS73 KAPX 290634 RERAPX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 0109 AM EST THU FEB 29 2024 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE BROKEN AT TRAVERSE CITY MI YESTERDAY...AND RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE TIED AT GAYLORD MI... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEGREES WAS SET AT 1200 AM ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2024 AT CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT IN TRAVERSE CITY MI PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OBSERVED ON THIS CALENDAR DATE IN BOTH 1998 AND 2016. HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR TRAVERSE CITY DATE BACK TO 1897. A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES WAS TIED AT THE GAYLORD REGIONAL AIRPORT IN GAYLORD MI DURING THE VERY EARLY MORNING HOURS PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS TIES THE PREVIOUS DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD OBSERVED ON FEBRUARY 28TH IN 1983. HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR GAYLORD DATE BACK TO 1951...AND ARE DERIVED FROM A COMPOSITE OF OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE GAYLORD REGIONAL AIRPORT AND THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVING STATION IN TOWN. $$ FEF