All time state records
I took a look at the all-time state records, and I was kind of surprised to see some odd results. Well at least here in Michigan. It has been reported for as long as I can remember that Mio held the all time Michigan hottest record of 112 on July 13, 1936. Well now according to the NOAA site that high of 112 has moved to Stanwood on the same date. The record low of -51 is (as had always been the case) is reported on February 9th 1934 at Vanderbilt. Here is one that really don’t make much sense as there is a reported record amount of snow on the ground of 117” at Eagle Harbor from January 27 to the 31 1948. Why I find that hard to believe is that 1. Eagle Harbor is right on the lake shore and in the Keweenaw peninsula the heaviest snow falls in the hills in the middle of the peninsula. And 2 the winter of 1947/48 was one of the least snowy winters in Michigan with just 73.1” at Marquette and just 55.0 at Gaylord. In the book “Michigan Weather” written in 1995 the most snow on the ground in Michigan was 80” at the Marquette airport on February 16, 1971 and the most snow fall for a winter season is 391.9” in the winter of 1978/79 and the most in one month of 129.3” in December 1989. At Delaware (about 15 miles to the east of Eagle Harbor in the hills. According to the NOAA site the most rain in a 24 hour period was 12.92” at Fountain witch is in Mason county. The NOAA site has the biggest 24 hour snow fall as 32” at Herman on December 2nd 1985. In that book Michigan Weather there is a report of 33.5” in Baldwin on November 30, 1960. I am not saying that those records are not accurate but I just have to say I am taking some of them with a grain of salt.
Update on the above records site. Seems that NOAA has updated it site and now has both Mio and Stanwood as setting that record high of 112. However they still claim that the most snow on the ground was at Eagle Harbor.
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records
Anyway, most of the state wide extremes are at very small towns so here are some records for some larger locations in Michigan
Marquette: Record high 108 July 15, 1901 it was 102 on the 14th and 100 on the 20th in more recent times 104 on July 19th 1977. It has reached 100 or better 13 times at Marquette. The record low is -34 on February 19 1979. The daily maximum snow fall of 26.2” on March 14 1997. After that storm there was 63” of snow on the ground. And that is the most on the ground there.
Sault Ste Marie: Record high 98 in 1916, 1921 and the last time was on August 5 and 6th 1947. The record low is -37 on February 8 1934. The largest one day snow fall is 23.6” on December 10 1995.The most snow on the ground was 50” in March of 1972.
Alpena: Record high 106 July 13, 1936 It reached 100 or better 7 days in a row in 1936 at Alpena. It has reached 100 or better in 10 different years at Alpena. The record low is -37 on February 17th, 1979. The snowiest winter was the 166.3” that fell in 1970/71.
At Detroit: Record high 105 on July 24th 1934, the record low -21 on January 21 1984. The most snow for a season 94.9” in 2013/14
Saginaw: the record high of 111 on July 13, 1936. The record low is -23 on February 5th, 1918. The most snow fall for a season is 87.2” in 1966/67 with a good chunk of that falling in the Blizzard in 1967.
And last on my list
Grand Rapids: Record high 108 on July 13, 1936, It reached a official 104 July 6th 2012 I had a reading of 109 here at my house on that day. The record low is -24 on February 13 and 14, 1899 In more recent times it reached -22 on January 19th, 1994. I had a reading of -21 on that day. The official most snow fall at Grand Rapids is 132.0” in the winter of 1951/52 there are unofficial reports of 144.5” that same winter season.
Slim
Plenty of snow chanes coming up…Watching the possibility of a decent snow storm next Sunday or so ….If you love Wimter this has been a dandy the ice fishing has been amazing sofar filling the freezer up ….InDY
I picked up 0.7” of snow last night at my house. Roads around here are hard packed snow and ice. They will not improve until we get temps closer to freezing.
I recorded just under a half inch of new snow fall here at my house and there is still 5″ on the ground. Last nights snow makes it look very much like winter this morning. The overnight low here was +2 and it looks like the official overnight low at GRR was +5. At this time with cloudy skies it is +6 here at my house.
Slim
+2 degrees here for the low this morning with an inch of new snow. Yesterday’s high was 20 degrees and the low -2 degrees.
Over another inch of snow last night in my area boy this is shaping up to be a cold and snowy Winter around west Michigan….Who Knew??? InDY