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CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
630 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...COLD WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOW IN FEBRUARY-APRIL... 

THE PERSISTENCE OF AN UPPER TROUGH OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH
AMERICA RESULTED IN A CHILLY...ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES FROM THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY THROUGH APRIL. MANY LOCATIONS
ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN SAW A TOP 10 WETTEST AND SNOWIEST FEBRUARY
THROUGH APRIL PERIOD...WITH PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL AS MUCH AS
200 PERCENT OR MORE OF THE 30-YEAR NORMAL. RECORD FEBRUARY THROUGH
APRIL SNOW FELL ON MUNISING IN 2013. THE 109.5 INCHES THAT
ACCUMULATED THERE FROM 2/1 THROUGH 4/30 IS OVER 50 INCHES ABOVE THE
30-YEAR AVERAGE AND ABOUT 3 INCHES MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD
TOTAL THAT FELL DURING THIS SAME PERIOD IN 2002. A FEW PLACES ALSO
EXPERIENCED A TOP 10 COLDEST FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL...WITH THE MEAN
3-MONTHLY TEMPERATURES RUNNING 2 TO AS MUCH AS 6 DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL.

                FEBRUARY-APRIL 2013 MEAN TEMPERATURE

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE     RECORD      2013 RANK

IRONWOOD        20.9     26.7     -5.8      19.0 /1996/  6TH COLDEST

MARQUETTE NWS   22.8     26.1     -3.3      19.7 /1972/ 10TH COLDEST

IRON MOUNTAIN   24.9     29.2     -4.3      21.9 /1904/ 13TH COLDEST

MANISTIQUE      26.3     28.6     -2.3      22.3 /1996/ 19TH COLDEST

HOUGHTON        23.4     26.9     -3.5      18.2 /1888/     ****

MUNISING        26.3     28.9     -2.6      19.4 /1923/     ****

MARQUETTE CITY  27.5     30.1     -2.6      18.3 /1885/     ****

NEWBERRY        26.4     28.7     -2.3      20.9 /1899/     ****

                 FEBRUARY-APRIL 2013 PRECIPITATION

              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE     RECORD      2013 RANK

HOUGHTON       10.69     4.77     +5.92    12.90 /1976/  3RD HIGHEST

MUNISING       11.01     6.30     +4.71    12.38 /1979/  4TH HIGHEST

IRONWOOD       10.77     5.89     +4.88    12.22 /2002/  5TH HIGHEST

MARQUETTE NWS  10.84     8.18     +2.66    16.18 /2002/  7TH HIGHEST

NEWBERRY        8.84     6.35     +2.49    15.83 /2002/  8TH HIGHEST

IRON MOUNTAIN   7.16     5.01     +2.15    10.49 /2002/ 15TH HIGHEST

MANISTIQUE      6.71     5.32     +1.39    10.92 /2002/ 18TH HIGHEST

MARQUETTE CITY  7.52     5.76     +1.76    10.35 /1914/     ****

                   FEBRUARY-APRIL 2013 SNOWFALL

                                              RECORD
              OBSERVED  NORMAL  DEPARTURE /OR PREVIOUS/   2013 RANK

MUNISING       109.5     52.9     +56.6    106.1 /2002/   NEW RECORD

IRONWOOD       125.8     64.5     +61.3    131.5 /2002/  2ND HIGHEST

HOUGHTON       125.1     57.9     +67.3    133.4 /1989/  2ND HIGHEST

NEWBERRY        96.4     48.7     +47.7    126.7 /2002/  3RD HIGHEST

MARQUETTE NWS  118.2     85.3     +32.9    193.0 /2002/  5TH HIGHEST

MANISTIQUE      49.7     28.0     +21.7     64.7 /1939/  8TH HIGHEST

IRON MOUNTAIN   35.2     23.9     +11.3     68.0 /1972/ 23RD HIGHEST

MARQUETTE CITY  61.9     49.9     +12.0     90.3 /1960/ 24TH HIGHEST

**** NOT IN TOP 25

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ALL CLIMATE DATA LISTED IN THIS PRODUCT ARE UNOFFICIAL. FOR OFFICIAL
DATA...PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER. CONTACT
THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER AT (828) 271-4800 OR
WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV.

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