Winter 2010-2011 Review

Winter Average Temperature Data:

(Meteorological Winter: December 1st - February 28th)

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Winter	Record Cold/Winter
16.9	16.3	+0.6	N/A	25.7 / 2001-02	7.6 / 1917-18

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Winter	Record Cold/Winter
18.7	20.5	-1.8	N/A	28.7 / 1931-32	13.3 / 1976-77

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Mean	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Warm/Winter	Record Cold/Winter
19.4	20.3	-0.9	N/A	28.8 / 1931-32	12.6 / 1917-18

**Traverse City**
Mean	Normal	Departure
23.1	23.1	+0

**Gaylord**
Mean	Normal	Departure
17.9	20.0	-2.1

Winter Precipitation Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Winter	Record Driest/Winter
3.78	7.15	-3.37	N/A	12.49 / 1995-96	2.37 / 1904-05

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Winter	Record Driest/Winter
4.16	4.61	-0.45	N/A	8.18 / 2008-09	0.76 / 2002-03

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Wettest/Winter	Record Driest/Winter
3.52	4.94	-1.42	N/A	13.07 / 1996-07	1.03 / 2002-03

**Traverse City**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure
5.52	7.43	-1.91

**Gaylord**
Precipitation	Normal	Departure
4.64	8.35	-3.71

Winter Snowfall Data:

**Sault Ste Marie (1888 - Present)**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Winter	Record Least Snow/Winter
47.4	90.8	-43.4	N/A	161.4 / 1995-96	23.2 / 1901-02

**Houghton Lake (1919 - Present)**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Winter	Record Least Snow/Winter
58.6	46.5	+12.1	N/A	75.4 / 2008-09	8.9 / 1936-37

**Alpena (1916 - Present)**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure	Ranking*	Record Snowiest/Winter	Record Least Snow/Winter
61.4	57.9	+3.5	N/A	114.5 / 1970-71	14.5 / 1943-44

**Traverse City**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure
83.9	73.7	+10.2

**Gaylord**
Snowfall	Normal	Departure
84.1	97.8	-13.7

- all averages are calculated using the 1971 - 2000 period

( ) = Consistent years of record

* = only rankings in the top 10 will be entered, and only for our Local Climate Data (LCD) sites

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