November 2010 Review

Mild and Dry

November Average Temperature Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
36.3	32.4	+3.9	N/A	40.7 / 1931	24.1 / 1933

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
37.3	34.8	+2.5	N/A	42.5 / 1931	28.2 / 1976

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
37.8	34.6	+3.2	N/A	42.8 / 2001	28.5 / 1933

**Traverse City* (1897 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
40.0	37.2	+2.8	N/A	44.2 / 1931	29.2 / 1951

**Gaylord** (1951 - Present)**
Mean	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Year	Record Cold/Year
37.0	34.1	+2.9	N/A	42.2 / 2001	27.0 / 1995

November Precipitation Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
2.97	3.40	-0.43	N/A	7.72 / 1988	0.52 / 1917

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
1.44	2.14	-0.70	N/A	5.10 / 1988	0.45 / 1986

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
0.77	2.08	-1.31	*4th driest*	7.45 / 1966	0.61 / 1986

**Traverse City* (1930 - 1996 : 2001 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
1.13	2.67	-1.54	*6th driest*	8.38 / 1995	0.41 / 1962

**Gaylord** (1940 - Present)**
Precipitation	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Year	Record Driest/Year
1.23	3.35	-2.12	*4th driest*	7.68 / 1966	0.97 / 1962

November Snowfall Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
9.1	16.5	-7.4	N/A	46.8 / 1989	0.3 / 1899

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
1.4	8.8	-7.4	N/A	41.9 / 1995	Trace / 1948

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
0.6	8.5	-7.9	*10th least snowiest*	34.8 / 1995	Trace / 1954

**Traverse City* (1930 - 1996 : 2001 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
0.6	9.1	-8.5	*8th least snowiest*	39.9 / 1995	Trace / 2009

**Gaylord** (1940 - Present)**
Snowfall	Average	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Year	Record Least Snow/Year
5.1	22.3	-17.2	*8th least snowiest*	63.0 / 1995	Trace / 1984

- all averages are calculated using the 1971 - 2000 period

* 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.

( ) = Consistent years of record

* = only rankings in the top 10 will be entered

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