CXUS53 KAPX 010840 CLMAPX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 438 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2008 ................................... ...THE ALPENA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1916 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 102 08/02/1988 LOW 30 08/29/1982 HIGHEST 87 08/23 MM MM 95 08/01 08/18 LOWEST 38 08/20 MM MM 40 08/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.8 76.1 1.7 80.3 AVG. MINIMUM 52.4 52.9 -0.5 54.7 MEAN 65.1 64.5 0.6 67.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 1.2 -1.2 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 1.20 3.50 -2.30 2.05 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.11 -0.07 0.07 DAYS >= .01 4 10.6 -6.6 7 DAYS >= .10 3 6.5 -3.5 4 DAYS >= .50 1 2.6 -1.6 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.55 08/09 TO 08/09 0.83 08/08 TO 08/09 08/09 TO 08/09 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 62 82 -20 41 SINCE 7/1 95 128 -33 84 COOLING TOTAL 74 82 -8 125 SINCE 1/1 257 267 -10 355 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/350 DATE 08/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 39/350 DATE 08/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 2 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 5 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE HOUGHTON LAKE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1913 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 08/05/1931 08/01/1918 LOW 26 08/29/1919 HIGHEST 86 08/05 MM MM 92 08/01 LOWEST 36 08/20 MM MM 33 08/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 78.5 77.1 1.4 79.1 AVG. MINIMUM 50.9 52.2 -1.3 53.9 MEAN 64.7 64.6 0.1 66.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.5 -0.5 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 MM MM 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 3.18 3.72 -0.54 2.82 DAILY AVG. 0.10 0.12 -0.02 0.09 DAYS >= .01 7 10.4 -3.4 7 DAYS >= .10 3 7.0 -4.0 4 DAYS >= .50 1 2.5 -1.5 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.9 0.1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 2.50 08/23 TO 08/23 1.85 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 68 82 -14 62 SINCE 7/1 87 138 -51 120 COOLING TOTAL 66 85 -19 115 SINCE 1/1 235 293 -58 338 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/300 DATE 08/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/300 DATE 08/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 25 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 6 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 25 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE SAULT STE MARIE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1888 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 98 08/06/1947 08/05/1947 LOW 29 08/29/1982 HIGHEST 84 08/17 MM MM 94 08/01 LOWEST 46 08/26 MM MM 43 08/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.6 74.1 1.5 76.2 AVG. MINIMUM 54.6 52.4 2.2 55.5 MEAN 65.1 63.3 1.8 65.8 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.3 -0.3 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 1.10 3.47 -2.37 1.03 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.11 -0.07 0.03 DAYS >= .01 7 11.4 -4.4 10 DAYS >= .10 3 MM MM 3 DAYS >= .50 1 1.9 -0.9 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.7 -0.7 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.60 08/22 TO 08/23 0.49 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 36 107 -71 46 SINCE 7/1 90 198 -108 113 COOLING TOTAL 44 50 -6 79 SINCE 1/1 102 133 -31 257 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 23/310 DATE 08/07 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 31/310 DATE 08/07 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 23 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 9 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 6 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ................................... ...THE TRAVERSE CITY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1896 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 100 08/18/1955 08/06/1947 08/05/1947 LOW 32 08/29/1982 HIGHEST 90 08/31 MM MM 94 08/01 LOWEST 46 08/26 MM MM 45 08/18 AVG. MAXIMUM 80.1 78.6 1.5 80.0 AVG. MINIMUM 56.7 57.0 -0.3 59.0 MEAN 68.4 67.8 0.6 69.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.6 -0.6 5 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM MM MM MINIMUM MM MM TOTALS 0.57 3.39 -2.82 2.19 DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.11 -0.09 0.07 DAYS >= .01 5 9.4 -4.4 8 DAYS >= .10 2 6.0 -4.0 6 DAYS >= .50 0 2.2 -2.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.8 -0.8 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.30 08/22 TO 08/23 0.74 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 11 50 -39 18 SINCE 7/1 21 72 -51 49 COOLING TOTAL 125 136 -11 168 SINCE 1/1 347 414 -67 507 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 22/340 DATE 08/09 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 30/350 DATE 08/09 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 11 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 20 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 0 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 66 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 8 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$