Public Information Statement Issued At 620 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

            NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

            620 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012

            

            ...APRIL 2012 CLIMATE STATISTICS FOR THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT...

            

            ...BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL...

            

            ...MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE A BIT ABOVE NORMAL...

                                               

                                                NORMAL   DEPARTURE

            AVERAGE TEMPERATURE         38.9     38.0   PLUS    0.9

            AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    48.6     46.9   PLUS    1.7

            AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE     29.2     29.0   PLUS    0.2

            HEATING DEGREE DAYS          777      812  MINUS     35

            COOLING DEGREE DAYS            0        1  MINUS      1

            TOTAL PRECIPITATION         1.46     1.84  MINUS   0.38

            TOTAL SNOWFALL               1.5      7.8  MINUS    6.3

            

            HIGHEST TEMPERATURE:                    67 ON 4/14

            LOWEST TEMPERATURE:                     21 ON 4/16

            GREATEST 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION:       0.74 ON 4/18

            GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL:             1.0 ON 4/16

            

            DAILY RECORD PRECIPITATION ON 4/18...0.74 (OLD RECORD 0.69...1995) 

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                            ...OCTOBER-APRIL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE...

                                      ...RECORD WARMEST...

            

                             OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE PREVIOUS RECORD

            

            HOUGHTON           33.1    27.3    +5.8    31.4 /1986-87/

            

                                  ...OCTOBER-APRIL SNOWFALL...

                                     ...WELL BELOW NORMAL...

            

                             OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE     RECORD

            

            HOUGHTON          145.6   206.7    -61.1   81.3 /1930-31/

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            MANUAL RECORDS AT THE HOUGHTON COUNTY AIRPORT BEGAN IN AUGUST 1952 

            BUT ENDED IN OCTOBER 2000. THE DATA LISTED HERE ARE TAKEN FROM THE 

            AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM NEAR THE ORIGINAL OBSERVATION 

            SITE. THESE OBSERVATIONS ARE COMPARED TO NORMALS FOR 1981 TO 2010. 

            ANY DATA LISTED FROM YEARS BEFORE 1952 WERE TAKEN AT NEARBY SITES. 

            NOTE ALL TEMPERATURES ARE IN FAHRENHEIT AND PRECIPITATION IS IN 

            INCHES. ALL CLIMATE DATA LISTED IN THIS PRODUCT ARE UNOFFICIAL. FOR 

            OFFICIAL DATA...PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.

            

            NWS MARQUETTE WEB PAGE IS AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/MQT/INDEX.HTM 

            (ALL LOWER CASE). CONTACT THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER AT (828) 

            271-4800 OR WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV.

            

            KC
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Public Information Statement Issued At 620 PM EDT TUE MAY 15 2012
