Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Monthly & annual total precipitation (Gamma)

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                                                              BIG BAY 3 SE                                                          
       DIVISION: 1                                          STATION #0770                                         DATE OF RUN
       COUNTY: MARQUETTE                   PERIOD ANALYSIS FOR 1981 -1998  ( 16 YEARS)                             11/17/04 
                                                        PRECIPITATION (INCHES)                                                          

           YEAR             JAN     FEB     MAR     APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT     NOV     DEC    ANNUAL        

           1981            1.21    1.88    1.67    3.75    2.55    4.78     .70    3.33    1.34    5.12    1.05    3.93     31.31
           1982            3.34     .51    1.07    3.49    2.64    1.05    6.10    3.83    3.57    5.07    2.77    2.72     36.16
           1983            2.68    1.27    4.12    2.56    6.63    4.91    1.02    3.01    6.85    5.35    4.19    2.56     45.15
           1984            1.58    2.03    3.67    1.64     .93    2.63    1.69    2.65    4.72    1.80    1.37    2.51     27.22

           1986            2.00     .79    3.20    1.44     .24    3.05    3.21    2.24    3.05    4.34    3.09     .42     27.07
           1987             .59     .74    1.09    1.38    3.33    2.92    4.02    7.07    2.78    3.95    2.99    2.89     33.75
           1988            1.04     .71    1.41     .61    1.61    1.16    1.07    8.55    3.10    3.65    4.57    1.87     29.35
           1989            1.05    1.19    1.93     .92    1.65    6.01    1.31    1.46    1.51    1.87    1.41    1.59     21.90
           1990             .85    1.31     .73    1.58    1.70    4.86    3.43     .99    5.50    5.00    1.19    1.33     28.47
           1991             .84    1.08    2.60    2.48    2.70    1.78    5.38     .61    3.27    3.45    4.41    1.03     29.63
           1992             .83     .97     .85    1.78    1.54     .52    6.62    3.32    2.91    1.84    2.90    2.91     26.99

           1994            1.57     .17    2.24    1.96    1.84    2.36    1.79    2.62    3.07    1.72    1.73     .37     21.44
           1995            1.47    1.11    2.56    2.46    1.60     .82    3.54    2.57    3.80    5.46    2.92    2.59     30.90
           1996            2.52    2.01    1.08    3.42    1.66    7.05    4.59    2.88    2.72    2.54    1.88    3.45     35.80
           1997            3.82     .68    2.10    1.07    1.97     .66    2.82    2.01    3.25    2.96    2.70    1.75     25.79
           1998            1.63     .71    1.14     .77    2.45    2.89     .84    2.37     .90    1.20    3.73    1.78     20.41

           NON-ZERO          16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16        16          
           ZEROES             0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0         0          
           PROB OF ZERO     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00       .00          
             NOTE:  STATISTICS ARE COMPUTED ON THE NON-ZERO VALUES                                                                         
           NUMBER YEARS      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16        16          
           MEAN           1.689   1.072   1.966   1.957   2.190   2.966   3.008   3.094   3.271   3.458   2.681   2.106    29.459          
           VARIANCE        .903    .287   1.075    .970   1.944   4.089   3.742   4.178   2.233   2.232   1.338   1.036    39.324          
           STND DEV        .950    .536   1.037    .985   1.394   2.022   1.935   2.044   1.494   1.494   1.157   1.018     6.271          
           SKEW            .959    .502    .690    .478   2.001    .540    .462   1.564    .697   -.049    .146   -.129      .762          
           KURTOSIS       2.873   2.487   2.392   2.113   7.682   2.184   2.002   4.902   3.545   1.516   1.863   2.275     3.632          


          NOTE:   A MISSING OR INCOMPLETE VALUE, INDICATED BY THE FIELD BEING FILLED WITH 9s, IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANALYSIS.






                                                              BIG BAY 3 SE                                                          
       DIVISION: 1                                          STATION #0770                                         DATE OF RUN
       COUNTY: MARQUETTE                   PERIOD ANALYSIS FOR 1981 -1998  ( 16 YEARS)                             11/17/04 
                                                   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) STATISTICS                                               

        PARAMETER        JAN     FEB     MAR     APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT     NOV     DEC    ANNUAL        
        NUMBER YEARS      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16        16          
        MEAN           1.689   1.072   1.966   1.957   2.190   2.966   3.008   3.094   3.271   3.458   2.681   2.106    29.459          
        VARIANCE        .903    .287   1.075    .970   1.944   4.089   3.742   4.178   2.233   2.232   1.338   1.036    39.324          
        STND DEV        .950    .536   1.037    .985   1.394   2.022   1.935   2.044   1.494   1.494   1.157   1.018     6.271          
        SKEW            .959    .502    .690    .478   2.001    .540    .462   1.564    .697   -.049    .146   -.129      .762          
        KURTOSIS       2.873   2.487   2.392   2.113   7.682   2.184   2.002   4.902   3.545   1.516   1.863   2.275     3.632          

        GAMMA          3.756   3.636   3.976   4.016   2.872   2.001   2.323   2.876   4.727   4.957   5.175   3.131    24.724          
        BETA            .450    .295    .495    .487    .763   1.482   1.295   1.076    .692    .697    .518    .673     1.192          

        PROB OF ZERO     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00       .00          
           LEVELS                                           PROBABILITY PERCENTILE VALUES

        01               .32     .20     .40     .40     .30     .22     .29     .42     .80     .88     .71     .32     17.44               
        05               .55     .34     .67     .67     .57     .53     .64     .81    1.25    1.35    1.08     .60     20.43               
        10               .71     .44     .85     .86     .78     .79     .91    1.10    1.55    1.67    1.32     .80     22.16               
        20               .95     .59    1.13    1.13    1.10    1.22    1.35    1.55    1.99    2.13    1.67    1.10     24.39               
        25              1.05     .66    1.24    1.24    1.24    1.43    1.56    1.75    2.17    2.32    1.82    1.23     25.27               
        30              1.15     .72    1.35    1.35    1.38    1.63    1.76    1.95    2.35    2.51    1.96    1.36     26.08               
        40              1.34     .85    1.57    1.57    1.65    2.04    2.16    2.33    2.69    2.86    2.23    1.62     27.59               
        50              1.54     .98    1.80    1.80    1.94    2.49    2.59    2.74    3.04    3.22    2.51    1.89     29.06               
        60              1.76    1.12    2.05    2.04    2.26    3.00    3.07    3.19    3.42    3.61    2.81    2.18     30.57               
        70              2.01    1.28    2.34    2.33    2.64    3.62    3.66    3.73    3.86    4.07    3.15    2.53     32.25               
        75              2.17    1.38    2.51    2.50    2.87    3.99    4.01    4.05    4.12    4.33    3.36    2.74     33.20               
        80              2.34    1.49    2.70    2.70    3.13    4.44    4.42    4.42    4.42    4.64    3.59    2.99     34.28               
        90              2.85    1.83    3.27    3.27    3.91    5.77    5.65    5.52    5.28    5.51    4.26    3.70     37.24               
        95              3.32    2.13    3.78    3.79    4.62    7.03    6.81    6.53    6.06    6.29    4.87    4.37     39.79               
        99              4.29    2.78    4.79    4.91    6.10    9.84    9.36    8.61    7.67    7.82    6.15    5.80     44.76