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While not quite the record setting heat that occurred during July, the above normal temperatures continued unabated into August.  While no individual daily high temperatures were set, by months end, all three of our Local Climate Data Sites experienced one of their top 20 warmest August's on record.

The area of greatest rainfall migrated north during the month, at least partially offsetting the very dry conditions that occurred during July.  The heaviest rain fell along and north of the M-32 corridor, with Sault Ste. Marie establishing their 18th wettest August.

 

               August Temperature Data:

Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)

August Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
66.6	64.6	+2.0	12th Warmest	87 / 5th	49 / 26th	69.8 / 1947	57.2 / 1977

 

Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)

August Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
67.2	65.0	+2.2	Tied 19th Warmest	90 / 1st	40 / 22nd	72.5 / 1947	61.5 / 1950

 

Alpena (1916 - Present)

August Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
67.6	65.4	+2.2	17th Warmest	88 / 1st	44 / 26th	73.2 / 1955	60.1 / 1934

 

Traverse City (airport)

August Mean	Normal	Departure	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)
70.5	67.4	+3.1	90 / 1st	47 / 22nd

 

Gaylord (airport)

August Mean	Normal	Departure	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)
66.1	65.4	+0.7	85 / 5th, 6th	44 / 22nd, 26th, 29th

 

 

                August Precipitation Data (inches):

Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)

Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Greatest 24-hr rainfall/date(s)	Days with measurable precip	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
4.47	3.17	+1.30	18th Wettest	1.41 / 17th	13	9.48 / 1974	0.40 / 1930*

 

Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)

Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Greatest 24-hr rainfall/date(s)	Days with measurable precip	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
2.04	3.40	-1.36	N/A	1.32 / 13th	10	7.18 / 1975	0.35 / 1954

 

Alpena (1916 - Present)

Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Greatest 24-hr rainfall/date(s)	Days with measurable precip	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
3.58	3.23	+0.35	N/A	1.62 / 12th-13th	12	6.26 / 1994	0.68 / 1925

 

Traverse City (Coop)

Precipitation	Normal	Departure
2.74	3.74	-1.00

 

Gaylord (Coop)

Precipitation	Normal	Departure
4.69	3.65	+1.04

 

 

- all averages are calculated using the new 1981 - 2010 period

 ( ) = Consistent years of record

- only rankings in the top 20 will be entered, and only for our Local Climate Data (LCD) sites

 * = Record occurred in multiple years; latest year shown 

**THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND HAVE NOT UNDERGONE FINAL QUALITY CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.  THEREFORE, THESE DATA ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION.  FINAL AND CERTIFIED CLIMATE DATA CAN BE ACCESSED AT WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV.**

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 * Data for Traverse City is derived from a composite of observations taken at both Cherry Capital Airport and the cooperative observing station at Munson Medical Center.  This data is for informational purposes only and does not meet climatological standards.  This data set may include periods with missing data…particularly snowfall data from 1996-2001.

**Data for Gaylord is derived from a composite of observations taken at both Gaylord-Otsego County Airport and the cooperative observing station located near downtown Gaylord.    This data is for informational purposes only and does not meet climatological standards.  This data set may include periods with missing data and data that has been recorded from different observing points throughout history.