June 2012 Review...A Warm and Wet Month

The above normal warmth theme continued unabated through June, with all locations coming in several degrees above normal, and a few reporting one of their top ten warmest June's on record. Despite persistently warm temperatures, few daily high temperature records were set.

Like temperatures, rainfall averaged above normal, at least for most. Some areas down near Saginaw Bay did receive less than normal precipitation (see map below). The vast majority of the rain fell during the first 20 days of the month, with conditions steadily drying out thereafter. Although a few severe weather events occurred, the multi-year trend of generally benign weather continued.

June Temperature Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - 2012)**
June Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
63.7	60.0	+3.7	3rd Warmest	88 / 20th	37 / 13th	67.3 / 1919	51.5 / 1982

**Houghton Lake (1919 - 2012)**
June Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
66.2	62.9	+3.3	N/A	95 / 28th	35 / 13th	69.3 / 1933	56.9 / 1969

**Alpena (1916 - 2012)**
June Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
65.9	62.1	+3.8	5th Warmest	92 / 28th	36 / 13th	68.7 / 1919	56.3 / 1982

**Traverse City Airport (1897 - 2012)**
June Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
68.2	63.9	+4.3	7th Warmest	91 / 10th, 20th	39 / 13th	71.2 / 1919	57.5 / 1969

**Gaylord** **Airport (1951 - 2012)**
June Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Warmest Temp/Date(s)	Coolest Temp/Date(s)	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
64.9	62.0	+2.9	N/A	88 / 28th	34 / 13th	69.2 / 2005	57.0 / 1982

June Precipitation Data (inches):

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - 2012)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Greatest 24-hr rainfall/date(s)	Days with measurable precipitation	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
4.32	2.70	+1.62	N/A	1.81 / 17th-18th	12	7.35 / 1969	0.37 / 2006

**Houghton Lake (1919 - 2012)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Greatest 24-hr rainfall/date(s)	Days with measurable precipitation	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
3.60	3.10	+0.50	N/A	1.52 / 1st-2nd	9	9.20 / 2008	0.68 / 1959

**Alpena (1916 - 2012)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Greatest 24-hr rainfall/date(s)	Days with measurable precipitation	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
4.27	2.62	+1.65	N/A	1.42 / 1st-2nd	10	8.37 / 1969	0.20 / 1991

**Traverse City Cooperative Observing Station (1930 - 1993, 2001 - 2012)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
4.09	3.05	+1.04	N/A	9.34 / 1954	0.34 / 1991

**Gaylord Cooperative Observing Station (1940 - 2012)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
5.52	2.87	+2.65	4th Wettest	7.24 / 1969	0.13 / 1991

Gaylord, MI (APX): June, 2012 Monthly Observed Precipitation Valid at 7/1/2012 1200 UTC - Created 7/1/12 13:42 UTC

Gaylord, MI (APX): June, 2012 Monthly Percent of Normal Precipitation Valid at 7/1/2012 1200 UTC - Created 7/1/12 13:45 UTC

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

( ) = Consistent years of record; Record temperature data for Gaylord is a combination of Gaylord Airport (2001- 2012) and the Cooperative Observing Station records (1951-2001), Record precipitation data for Traverse City is a combination of Cherry Capital Airport (1930-1993) and the Cooperative Observing Station records (2001-2012)

- only rankings in the top 10 will be entered

* = Record occurred in multiple years; latest year shown

** = New all-time record high for the month

**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.**

For additional climate information and atmospheric and oceanic features that drive the patterns across our area, please visit the following links:

Latest Central Pacific Ocean Temperature Trends Large Scale Atmospheric Blocking Features Local Climate Home Page

* 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.

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