Quinnesec, Michigan

... October 2009 climate statistics for Newberry...

... Precipitation well above normal...
... Third wettest October...

... Very chilly mainly due to below normal maximum temperatures...
... Ninth coldest October...

                                    normal departure
average temperature 41.2 44.8 minus 3.6
average high temperature 47.0 53.5 minus 6.5
average low temperature 35.5 36.1 minus 0.6
heating degree days 725 598 plus 127
cooling degree days 0 0 0
total precipitation 6.24 3.03 plus 3.21
total snowfall 1.1 0.9 plus 0.2

Highest temperature: 54 on 10/5... 10/8
                                              and 10/19
lowest temperature: 21 on 10/14
greatest 24 hour precipitation: 1.71 on 10/6-10/7
greatest 24 hour snowfall: 1.0 on 10/12

Daily record low minimum temperature on 10/1... 25 (old record
                                                   26... 1955)
daily record precipitation on 10/6... 1.66 (1.45... 2007)
daily record snowfall on 10/12... 0.8 (trace... 1922/80)
daily record low minimum temperature on 10/1... 21 (24... 1978)
third highest October precipitation... 6.24 (record 7.26... 2004)
ninth lowest October mean temperature... 41.2 (record 36.9... 1925)

Note that statistics presented are a combination of data collected
at a site just north of Newberry and the Luce County Airport.
Normals... calculated for the period 1971 through 2000... and records
may reflect observations taken at other sites near Newberry since
1911. 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). See arbclmmqt (cxus53 kmqt) for further details on
Upper Michigan climate. Contact the National climatic data center at
(828) 271-4800 or www.Ncdc.NOAA.Gov.

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