..1998 ONE OF THE WARMEST YEARS EVER RECORDED IN SOUTHEAST LOWER
MICHIGAN...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 1998 WAS ONE OF THE WARMEST ON RECORD
ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT HAD
THEIR WARMEST YEAR EVER RECORDED. FLINT BISHOP AIRPORT HAD THEIR
WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD AND IT WAS THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR EVER RECORDED
FOR THE FLINT AREA. FINALLY...TRI-CITIES AIRPORT IN FREELAND HAD
THEIR 2ND WARMEST YEAR EVER RECORDED.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE RECORD TO NEAR RECORD WARMTH DURING
1998 CAN BE FOUND IN THE FOLLOWING 3 SECTIONS...
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...THE DETROIT AREA HAS THEIR WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD...
DURING 1998...THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 53.5 DEGREES AT DETROIT
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT. THIS WAS THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE OLD
RECORD FOR THE WARMEST YEAR WAS 1931 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED
53.0 DEGREES. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE DETROIT AREA DATE BACK TO
NOVEMBER 1870.
NORMALLY DURING THE YEAR...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS
48.6 DEGREES...THEREFORE...1998 ENDED UP BEING 4.9 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE YEAR.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE TOP FIVE WARMEST YEARS ON RECORD FOR
THE DETROIT AREA...
TOP FIVE WARMEST YEARS FOR THE DETROIT AREA
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
RANK YEAR FOR THE YEAR
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1 1998 53.5 DEGREES
2 1931 53.0 DEGREES
3 1921 52.6 DEGREES
4 1991 52.0 DEGREES
5 1953 51.9 DEGREES
THE FOLLOWING THE TABLE SHOWS A MONTHLY BREAKDOWN OF THE
TEMPERATURES IN 1998 FOR DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT...
1998 MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AT DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT
AVERAGE DEPARTURE RANK FOR WARMEST
MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL DURING THE MONTH
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JANUARY 32.8 DEGREES +9.9 DEGREES 4TH-TIED
FEBRUARY 36.7 DEGREES +11.3 DEGREES 3RD
MARCH 39.5 DEGREES +3.8 DEGREES 16TH
APRIL 50.4 DEGREES +3.1 DEGREES 17TH
MAY 65.6 DEGREES +7.2 DEGREES 2ND
JUNE 69.1 DEGREES +1.5 DEGREES 30TH
JULY 73.4 DEGREES +1.1 DEGREES 30TH-TIED
AUGUST 73.2 DEGREES +2.7 DEGREES 20TH-TIED
SEPTEMBER 68.0 DEGREES +4.8 DEGREES 8TH
OCTOBER 53.9 DEGREES +2.2 DEGREES 41ST
NOVEMBER 43.8 DEGREES +3.6 DEGREES 13TH
DECEMBER 35.3 DEGREES +7.0 DEGREES 12TH
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OVERALL 53.5 DEGREES +4.9 DEGREES 1ST
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...FLINT BISHOP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS THEIR WARMEST YEAR...
...THE FLINT AREA HAS ITS SECOND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD...
DURING 1998...THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 50.9 DEGREES AT FLINT BISHOP
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS WAS WARMEST YEAR EVER RECORDED AT FLINT
BISHOP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE OLD RECORD WAS 50.1 DEGREES SET
BACK IN 1987 THIS RANKED 6TH IN THE WARMEST YEARS FOR THE FLINT
AREA. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR FLINT BISHOP AIRPORT DATE BACK TO JULY
1942.
HOWEVER...LOOKING BACK AT THE COOPERATIVE TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR
THE FLINT AREA WHICH DATE BACK TO JANUARY 1893...THIS WAS THE 2ND
WARMEST YEAR. THE WARMEST YEAR IN THE FLINT AREA OCCURRED BACK IN
1931. DURING THAT YEAR...THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 51.4 DEGREES.
NORMALLY DURING A YEAR...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN THE FLINT AREA
WOULD BE 47.1 DEGREES...THEREFORE...THE FLINT AREA WAS 3.1 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL DURING 1998.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE TOP FIVE WARMEST YEARS FOR THE FLINT
AREA...
TOP FIVE WARMEST YEARS FOR THE FLINT AREA
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
RANK YEAR FOR THE YEAR
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1 1931 51.4 DEGREES
2 1998 50.9 DEGREES
3 1933 50.8 DEGREES
4 1921 50.6 DEGREES
5 1938 50.4 DEGREES
THE FOLLOWING THE TABLE SHOWS A MONTHLY BREAKDOWN OF THE 1998
TEMPERATURES FOR FLINT BISHOP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1998 MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AT FLINT BISHOP AIRPORT
AVERAGE DEPARTURE RANK FOR WARMEST
MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL DURING THE MONTH
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JANUARY 29.9 DEGREES +8.4 DEGREES 4TH
FEBRUARY 34.6 DEGREES +11.1 DEGREES 1ST
MARCH 36.4 DEGREES +2.4 DEGREES 11TH
APRIL 47.6 DEGREES +1.6 DEGREES 13TH
MAY 62.9 DEGREES +6.1 DEGREES 3RD
JUNE 66.8 DEGREES +0.9 DEGREES 19TH
JULY 70.4 DEGREES -0.2 DEGREES 20TH
AUGUST 71.1 DEGREES +2.2 DEGREES 9TH-TIED
SEPTEMBER 65.4 DEGREES +4.0 DEGREES 3RD
OCTOBER 51.7 DEGREES +1.6 DEGREES 40TH
NOVEMBER 41.8 DEGREES +2.4 DEGREES 6TH-TIED
DECEMBER 32.3 DEGREES +5.1 DEGREES 5TH
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OVERALL 50.8 DEGREES +3.1 DEGREES 1ST*
* EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS THE WARMEST YEAR AT FLINT BISHOP AIRPORT...IT
WAS THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR IN THE FLINT AREA DATING BACK TO 1893.
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...SAGINAW AREA HAS THEIR 2ND WARMEST YEAR...
DURING 1998...THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 51.4 DEGREES AT TRI-CITIES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FREELAND. THIS WAS THE 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON
RECORD. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE SAGINAW AREA DATE BACK TO
JANUARY 1900. THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD OCCURRED BACK IN 1931 WHEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 51.8 DEGREES.
NORMALLY DURING A YEAR...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WOULD BE
46.9 DEGREES. DURING 1998...THE SAGINAW AREA AVERAGED 4.5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE TOP FIVE WARMEST YEARS FOR THE
SAGINAW AREA...
TOP FIVE WARMEST YEARS FOR THE SAGINAW AREA
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
RANK YEAR FOR THE YEAR
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1 1931 51.8 DEGREES
2 1998 51.4 DEGREES
3 1921 50.4 DEGREES
4 1938 49.9 DEGREES
5 1933 49.4 DEGREES
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS A MONTHLY BREAKDOWN OF THE 1998
TEMPERATURES AT TRI-CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
1998 MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AT TRI-CITIES AIRPORT
AVERAGE DEPARTURE RANK FOR WARMEST
MONTH TEMPERATURE FROM NORMAL DURING THE MONTH
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JANUARY 28.6 DEGREES +8.0 DEGREES 8TH
FEBRUARY 33.4 DEGREES +10.9 DEGREES 1ST
MARCH 36.1 DEGREES +3.1 DEGREES 20TH
APRIL 48.2 DEGREES +2.5 DEGREES 19TH
MAY 64.1 DEGREES +7.0 DEGREES 3RD
JUNE 69.3 DEGREES +2.9 DEGREES 19TH
JULY 73.4 DEGREES +2.2 DEGREES 17TH
AUGUST 72.4 DEGREES +3.8 DEGREES 13TH
SEPTEMBER 66.0 DEGREES +5.0 DEGREES 8TH
OCTOBER 52.3 DEGREES +2.5 DEGREES 28TH
NOVEMBER 41.4 DEGREES +3.0 DEGREES 15TH
DECEMBER 32.0 DEGREES +5.2 DEGREES 10TH
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OVERALL 53.2 DEGREES +4.5 DEGREES 2ND
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