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Elevation: 1074 Feet Above Mean Sea Level
Location: Houghton County Airport
Period of Records: 1953 - 1999
Period for Normals: 1970-1999

                                        ... 1970 to 1999 Averages ...
Avg Max Temperature (Max):    48.6  Heating Degree Days (HDD):     8995
Avg Min Temperature(Min):     33.0  Cooling Degree Days (CDD):     245
Avg Temperature (T):            40.8 Precipitation (Pcp):      34.13
Snowfall (Snow):            221.9

Houghton 1953 to 1999 Annual Averages 
Year      Max     Min           T         HDD      CDD     Pcp        Snow
1953     49.4     32.7         41.0      8876      213      41.01      144.2
1954     47.2     31.0         39.1      9476      126      36.60      139.2
1955     49.4     32.6         41.0      9038      372      52.49      224.3
1956     47.6     31.4         39.5      9365      111      29.68     116.3
1957     47.8     30.5         39.1      9498      154      27.52      151.2
1958     47.4     31.4         39.4      9276      118      42.49      208.3
1959     47.3     31.3         39.3      9546      302      36.42      200.5
1960     47.7     31.6         39.6      9393      197      27.30      193.7
1961     48.8     32.5         40.6      9044      230      28.83      183.4
1962     47.1     31.3         39.2      9444      120      25.59      205.8
1963     48.5     30.6         39.6      9413      230      25.75      144.8
1964     48.6     31.5         40.1      9229      201      31.30      252.1
1965     46.2     30.0         38.1      9800        86      31.78      210.3
1966     47.3     31.4         39.4      9505      244      24.66      187.7
1967     46.6     29.7         38.2      9817      111      30.88      193.1
1968     48.0     31.8         39.9      9219      146      40.74      169.1
1969     48.0     32.0         40.0      9254      226      25.24      177.1
1970     47.5     31.0         39.3      9575      284      29.74      170.7
1971     48.0     31.5         39.8      9265      187      32.31      264.8
1972     45.1     28.8         37.0    10231      119      33.81      302.2
1973     49.3     35.1         42.2      8502      272      32.59      193.0
1974     47.4     31.7         39.6      9432      234      32.04      190.1
1975     49.1     33.4         41.3      8916      340      39.19      260.9
1976     48.3     31.4         39.9      9369      329      34.99      307.4
1977     48.5     33.0         40.8      8900      147      42.24      227.8
1978     47.6     32.0         39.8      9295      192      39.73      303.1
1979     45.9     30.8         38.4      9800      175      38.86      245.0
1980     47.6     32.2         39.9      9327      230      35.34      217.1
1981     48.9     33.9         41.4      8711      195      36.99      231.0
1982     47.6     32.3         39.9      8794        97      35.28      186.7
1983     48.8     33.9         41.4      9010      474      43.84      219.4
1984     49.3     32.8         41.1      8882      213      32.15      163.3
1985     47.5     31.9         39.7      9274      126      53.43      321.3
1986     49.5     33.5         41.5      8692      199      31.50      203.8
1987     52.6     36.7         44.7      7675      348      30.69      108.7
1988     49.3     33.3         41.3      9030      444      39.96      292.8
1989     47.8     31.7         39.7      9398      271      33.74      356.2
1990     50.3     34.2         42.3      8431      226      30.23      145.5
1991     49.4     34.2         41.8      8752      354      35.93      187.9
1992     47.6     32.8         40.2      9067        94      28.06      155.4
1993     47.2     32.4         39.8      9279      185      25.10      156.2
1994     48.4     32.9         40.7      8933      148      24.75      144.3
1995     50.3     36.0         43.2      7673      405      31.04      205.9
1996     45.9     31.2         38.5      9786      187      32.52      293.4
1997     48.2     33.0         40.6      8939      215      24.85      224.4
1998     52.7     37.1         44.9      7469      266      27.27      155.0
1999     50.9     36.0         43.4      8132      347      31.58      197.0
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                                           ... January Normals ...

Avg Max Temperature:     20.7

Heating Degree Days:     1555
Avg Min Temperature:      8.5 Cooling Degree Days:     0
Avg Temperature:             14.6 Precipitation:                   4.21
Snowfall:                         70.9

...  January  Records ... 
Day Max  Yrs Min  Yrs Pcp Yrs Snow Yrs
 1 36 64 -21 68 0.46 71 9.0 86
 2 39 98 -21 74 0.57 82 8.1 60
 3 37 84 -9 74 1.20 79 14.8 99
 4 37 84 -12 68 0.61 73 10.5 97
 5 36 87 -15 68 0.72 86 8.5 86
 6 34 61/75 -12 53 0.76 80 13.1 94
 7 37 65 -17 88 0.58 80 12.0 94
 8 42 90 -19 68 0.71 80 14.0 89
 9 37 72/86 -20 77 0.74 78 10.8 69
 10 36 53/58 -13 82 0.68 77 9.7 98
 11 40 86 -15 79 1.82 80 12.4 80
 12 40 86 -13 77 1.35 88 13.5 88
 13 43 87 -18 54 0.67 72 7.2 98
 14 38 87 -15 72 0.81 85 10.4 72
 15 34 73 -19 72 0.66 81 17.8 81
 16 42 61 -21 72/82 0.54 80 8.9 67
 17 39 88 -15 94 0.45 84/92 8.1 92
 18 42 73 -20 94 1.13 96 26.5 96
 19 39 68 -20 94 0.35 84 8.6 96
 20 36 68 -12 84 0.80 85 8.6 85
 21 38 64 -26 84 0.66 75 6.6 75
 22 38 64 -20 63 0.69 72 10.0 87
 23 40 67 -20 63 0.96 90 10.7 00
 24 38 69 -7 59/87 0.51 53 10.4 64
 25 42 81 -12 53/61 0.90 75 12.4 75
 26 41 73 -13 77 1.32 55 13.2 55
 27 33 73/89 -12 66 0.83 80 15.3 96
 28 36 89 -14 63 0.60 56 12.9 97
 29 37 83 -12 72 0.71 56 16.3 96
 30 39 89 -18 57 0.54 58 8.0 86
 31 39 89 -14 96 0.84 77 8.7 77

                                       ... February Normals ...

Avg Max Temperature:     23.6 

Heating Degree Days:     1350
Avg Min Temperature:      9.5 Cooling Degree Days:     0
Avg Temperature:             16.5 Precipitation:                   2.28
Snowfall:                         34.0

... February Records ...
Day  Max  Yrs  Min  Yrs Pcp Yrs Snow Yrs
 1 42 70 -22 59 0.46 81 7.6 81
 2 46 91 -22 96 0.31 83 4.2 74
 3 47 91 -21 96 0.34 82 7.5 76
 4 40 64/93 -23 96 0.37 77 5.7 78
 5 41 64 -13 79 0.76 71 16.8 71
 6 47 91 -12 59/94 0.65 75 10.9 89
 7 41 87/91 -17 94 0.55 88 8.9 73
 8 42 99 -16 94 1.79 89 19.6 89
 9 44 66 -15 79/94 0.44 89 6.7 89
 10 42 84 -16 62 0.65 96 7.0 96
 11 43 99 -16 81 0.72 99 9.9 69
 12 39 76 -20 67 0.89 75 12.0 65
 13 41 83 -17 71 0.26 61 5.6 62
 14 40 99 -16 70 1.27 85 13.0 85
 15 44 81 -11 63 0.80 76 8.5 76
 16 47 81 -21 79 0.66 57 10.1 90
 17 51 81 -21 79 0.38 93 9.0 99
 18 51 54 -20 66 0.47 61 9.0 61
 19 50 94 -25 66 0.29 76 4.4 61
 20 44 55 -10 59/66 0.95 53 10.7 53
 21 47 61 -13 63 0.52 79 7.3 79
 22 55 61 -15 65 0.78 81 5.9 73
 23 47 00 -13 67 1.09 88 14.0 88
 24 48 76 -17 55 0.60 80 9.5 80
 25 45 58 -14 67 0.45 75 6.0 75
 26 56 00 -12 63 0.77 86 9.0 86
 27 48 83 -9 64/70 0.94 71 8.6 71
 28 46 85 -12 62 0.51 80 5.8 96
 29 56 00 -4 80 0.17 72 4.0 76

                                             ... March Normals ...

Avg Max Temperature:     32.3

Heating Degree Days:     1228
Avg Min Temperature:      17.9 Cooling Degree Days:     0(16)
Avg Temperature:             25.1 Precipitation:                   2.40
Snowfall:                         23.6

... March Records ...
Day Max  Yrs  Min  Yrs  Pcp Yrs  Snow Yrs 
 1 46 90 -14 62 0.94 76 6.0 76
 2 44 93 -10 89 0.68 76 7.7 96
 3 45 00 -17 72 0.56 70 4.8 79
 4 46 00 -4 67 2.49 85 24.9 85
 5 49 00 -5 60 0.74 85 7.5 85
 6 60 00 -8 96 0.44 61 8.7 61/64
 7 56 00 -21 53 0.86 73 3.8 95
 8 58 00 -9 67 0.51 88 4.0 66
 9 50 77 -17 84 1.21 83 14.7 83
 10 50 77 -11 72 0.60 86 9.0 86
 11 45 95 -12 84 1.06 76 7.5 73
 12 58 95 -10 84 1.95 77 15.5 88
 13 61 95 -3 93 0.55 77 7.4 88
 14 56 95 -2 56 0.68 71 8.5 79
 15 64 90 -3 79 0.61 71 5.6 00
 16 50 66 0 97 0.54 65 4.8 65
 17 57 68 -10 55 0.15 58 2.3 64
 18 56 54 -2 93 0.51 66 5.5 86
 19 48 68/80 1 89 1.27 86 13.2 86
 20 48 76 -8 65 0.64 95 6.2 95
 21 44 57/94 -9 65 1.23 84 13.5 84
 22 59 87 -1 59/65 1.17 55 11.7 55
 23 60 87 -11 65 1.06 79 7.6 79
 24 58 63 -11 65 0.88 75 10.8 75
 25 51 81/86 -8 65 1.33 54 17.0 96
 26 54 61/00 -8 65 0.88 88 7.7 88
 27 56 89 -4 96 1.21 98 8.3 00
 28 60 68 -2 70 0.30 71 4.9 71
 29 54 63 0 70 1.15 98 5.5 64
 30 57 67 1 54/64 0.35 72 6.0 72
 31 65 86 7 64 1.54 85 15.6 85

                                             ... April Normals ...

Avg Max Temperature:     46.3

Heating Degree Days:     798
Avg Min Temperature:      30.0 Cooling Degree Days:     1
Avg Temperature:             38.2 Precipitation:                   1.71
Snowfall:                         7.7

... April Records ...
Day Max  Yrs Min  Yrs Pcp Yrs Snow Yrs
1 62 86 9 64 0.38 74 6.0 74
2 56 00 4 54 1.11 63 13.5 71
3 60 91 2 54 0.94 82 7.2 82
4 60 91 0 54 0.76 81 6.4 74
5 68 91 7 68 0.50 77 6.2 77
6 71 91 5 79 0.66 57 6.6 57
7 64 91 9 72 0.73 64 9.0 64
8 62 55 8 72 0.73 79 8.4 79
9 74 87 4 89 0.50 67 4.3 90
10 72 55 12 57 1.20 83 2.2 92
11 74 68 13 67 0.41 65 3.0 57
12 77 98 15 92 0.45 74 3.4 00
13 73 98 13 92 1.49 85 4.1 72
14 70 76 19 57 0.84 91 1.6 64
15 69 58 19 83 1.36 54 3.8 96
16 77 76 17 83 0.82 61 2.5 93
17 74 76/87 13 83 0.61 59 2.2 56
18 72 77/94 15 83 0.69 95 5.1 95
19 85 87 19 74/83 0.49 63 2.0 82
20 84 87 19 81 0.57 70 7.1 70
21 77 73 16 82 0.53 69 1.9 66
22 81 85 22 86 0.76 76 7.0 72
23 81 90 21 67 0.65 81 1.5 80
24 82 90 22 67 0.47 60 1.9 61
25 88 90 21 67 1.02 96 3.2 68/96
26 82 90 21 96 2.08 54 2.7 96
27 80 86 23 65 0.84 62 1.3 69
28 73 55 20 58 0.44 58 1.0 66
29 76 65 16 58 0.67 60/63 2.8 94
30 80 75 26 61/63 0.84 84 8.1 96

                                                 ... May Normals ...

Avg Max Temperature:     61.4

Heating Degree Days:     429
Avg Min Temperature:      41.2 Cooling Degree Days:    12
Avg Temperature:             51.3 Precipitation:                   2.62
Snowfall:                         1.1

... May records ...
Date Max  Yrs Min  Yrs Pcp Yrs Snow Yrs
 1 80 59 23 84 0.69 55 2.4 96
 2 78 74/99 24 58/66 1.01 54 6.4 73
 3 83 55 20 54 0.37 54 3.7 54
 4 84 80 20 54 0.51 81 0.5 54
 5 83 00 21 54 0.37 82 2.5 74
 6 86 00 22 54 0.88 91 1.4 91
 7 81 53/92 22 66 1.41 99 7.5 54
 8 83 93 25 54/66 0.80 64 1.0 62
 9 87 93 21 66 1.47 70 0.1 84/97
 10 84 92 22 81 0.82 70 3.3 90
 11 82 61/91 27 63 0.93 92 0.5 67/71
 12 82 77 27 53/67 0.46 88 3.5 97
 13 82 87 23 53 1.85 62 0.1 59
 14 79 55 29 53 1.06 74 0.4 97
 15 89 91 26 83 0.76 61 0.6 97
 16 91 62 25 56 0.76 90 1.6 97
 17 90 62 27 83 1.18 77 Trace 56
 18 82 78/98 30 69 0.94 64 0.0
 19 86 72 32 54/67 1.07 62 0.2 67
 20 86 94 29 69 0.96 70 Trace 67/71
 21 89 74 28 63 1.25 53 0.6 63
 22 94 64 27 63 0.99 83 0.3 63
 23 87 91 25 56 1.45 64 Trace 92
 24 83 80 29 69 1.09 71 0.0
 25 86 65 28 69 0.78 94 Trace 61/70
 26 91 78 29 69/83 2.84 56 0.4 70
 27 86 77 33 71/94 1.09 78 Trace 65/70
 28 95 69 32 65 0.53 95 0.4 66
 29 88 99 34 64 1.39 78 0.0
 30 88 99 34 72 1.08 53 0.0
 31 89 88 33 64 0.99 54 0.0

    ... June Normals ...

Avg Max Temperature:     70.5

Heating Degree Days:     176
Avg Min Temperature:      50.0 Cooling Degree Days:     41
Avg Temperature:             60.3 Precipitation:                   2.85
Snowfall:                         0.0

...  June Records ...
Date Max  Yrs Min  Yrs Pcp Yrs Snow Yrs
 1 82 63/97 31 64 0.83 80 0.0
 2 85 90 34 62/86 1.31 84 0.0
 3 84 67/76 34 64 1.04 55 0.0
 4 91 68 35 64 1.17 58 0.0
 5 86 74/88 36 69 0.75 71 0.0
 6 87 88 35 53 1.01 68 0.0
 7 88 76 34 78 1.65 89 Trace 89
 8 89 59 33 80 0.84 53/72 0.0
 9 88 70 33 66 0.37 64 0.0
 10 86 56 32 72 1.34 63 0.0
 11 87 56 33 58 2.31 54 0.0
 12 90 56 37 00 2.07 90 0.0
 13 91 83 34 69 1.04 67 0.0
 14 96 88 35 58 1.26 81 0.0
 15 86 73 35 65 1.42 75 0.0
 16 92 95 36 64 0.92 53 0.0
 17 92 95 34 72 0.74 70 0.0
 18 92 95 38 70 0.76 71 0.0
 19 93 95 38 70/92 0.86 63 0.0
 20 85 95 36 68 0.66 53/72 0.0
 21 91 75 37 92 0.44 68 0.0
 22 91 83 38 92 0.80 85 0.0
 23 92 95 36 53 0.55 56 0.0
 24 91 80 38 79 0.92 81 0.0
 25 89 80 42 70 1.89 58 0.0
 26 93 86 42 62 1.19 56 0.0
 27 89 65 43 54/92 0.74 86 0.0
 28 93 96 43 54/68 0.93 96 0.0
 29 91 64 41 65/89 1.08 96 0.0
 30 93 63 39