January 2011 Review

January Average Temperature Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
11.3	13.2	-1.9	N/A	27.4 / 1932	0.1 / 1912

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
14.5	17.8	-3.3	N/A	29.9 / 1932	8.7 / 1977

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
14.3	17.8	-3.5	N/A	30.8 / 1932	7.5 / 1918

**Traverse City**
Mean	Average	Departure
19.0	20.9	-1.9

**Gaylord**
Mean	Average	Departure
12.7	17.4	-4.7

January Precipitation Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
1.16	2.64	-1.48	N/A	4.52 / 1982	0.51 / 1961

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
1.52	1.61	-0.09	N/A	3.39 / 1950	0.19 / 1956

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
1.41	1.76	-0.35	N/A	4.12 / 1997	0.16 / 1961

**Traverse City**
Precipitation	Average	Departure
1.93	2.98	-1.05

**Gaylord**
Precipitation	Average	Departure
2.05	3.05	-1.00

January Snowfall Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
19.5	35.0	-15.5	N/A	71.0 / 1982	6.5 / 1905

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
22.6	18.3	+4.3	N/A	38.0 / 1982	1.5 / 1933

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
25.8	21.8	+4.0	N/A	43.5 / 1978	3.7 / 1926

**Traverse City**
Snowfall	Average	Departure
36.5	30.2	+6.3

**Gaylord**
Snowfall	Average	Departure
36.0	38.8	-2.8

- all averages are calculated using the 1971 - 2000 period

( ) = Consistent years of record

* = only rankings in the top 10 will be entered, and only for our Local Climate Data (LCD) sites

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