Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Extreme Precipitation

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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 
                                                         EXTREME PRECIPITATION                                                           

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

           1981             .28     .34     .45    1.73     .79    1.05     .21    1.47     .44    1.84     .58     .72      5.12
           1982             .67     .10     .19     .81     .72     .42    3.04    1.44     .53    2.24    1.22     .75      6.10
           1983             .35     .53    1.03     .89    2.53    2.64     .41    1.03    1.48    1.95     .85     .63      6.85
           1984             .30     .73    1.73    1.52     .26     .73     .54     .86    1.42     .34     .27     .50      4.72

           1986             .34     .38     .92     .59     .13    1.49    1.08     .63     .69    2.30    1.10     .13      4.34
           1987             .35     .37     .51     .70     .75    1.54    1.35    1.54     .85     .72    1.25     .85      7.07
           1988             .20     .20     .37     .18     .35     .28     .90    2.27     .75     .79    1.55     .41      8.55
           1989             .20     .38     .87     .34     .78    2.14     .81     .61     .66     .49     .35     .25      6.01
           1990             .31     .63     .48     .63     .61    2.00    1.04     .22    1.53    1.60     .63     .24      5.50
           1991             .20     .50     .65     .56     .67     .77     .88     .29     .81    1.28     .86     .29      5.38
           1992             .18     .20     .32     .63     .80     .15    2.25    1.04     .86     .85    1.35     .58      6.62

           1994             .40     .03     .93     .78     .53     .53     .71     .59     .97     .40     .52     .10      3.07
           1995             .49     .22     .66     .60     .46     .29     .68     .80    1.53     .58    1.58     .46      5.46
           1996             .99     .48     .47     .74     .66    1.48    1.07     .73     .54     .70     .36     .59      7.05
           1997             .64     .32     .37     .25     .50     .33     .80     .56    1.91    1.30     .43     .43      3.82
           1998             .23     .34     .42     .35    1.30    1.02     .29    1.14     .41     .50     .65     .41      3.73

           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            .383    .359    .648    .706    .740   1.054   1.004    .951    .961   1.117    .847    .459     5.587          
           VARIANCE        .048    .035    .144    .171    .299    .572    .522    .280    .215    .457    .194    .049     2.115          
           STND DEV        .219    .187    .380    .414    .547    .757    .723    .529    .463    .676    .440    .221     1.454          
           SKEW           1.522    .171   1.470   1.244   2.299    .623   1.673    .877    .645    .552    .346    .033      .116          
           KURTOSIS       4.707   2.550   5.066   4.116   8.410   2.289   5.336   3.467   2.137   1.849   1.754   2.091     2.466          


          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 
                                                    EXTREME PRECIPITATION 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            .383    .359    .648    .706    .740   1.054   1.004    .951    .961   1.117    .847    .459     5.587          
        VARIANCE        .048    .035    .144    .171    .299    .572    .522    .280    .215    .457    .194    .049     2.115          
        STND DEV        .219    .187    .380    .414    .547    .757    .723    .529    .463    .676    .440    .221     1.454          
        SKEW           1.522    .171   1.470   1.244   2.299    .623   1.673    .877    .645    .552    .346    .033      .116          
        KURTOSIS       4.707   2.550   5.066   4.116   8.410   2.289   5.336   3.467   2.137   1.849   1.754   2.091     2.466          

        GAMMA          4.210   2.631   3.728   3.392   2.683   1.845   2.541   3.354   4.813   2.906   3.704   3.584    14.985          
        BETA            .091    .137    .174    .208    .276    .571    .395    .284    .200    .385    .229    .128      .373          

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

        01               .08     .04     .12     .12     .09     .07     .11     .16     .24     .16     .16     .08      2.78               
        05               .14     .09     .21     .21     .18     .17     .23     .28     .37     .30     .27     .14      3.44               
        10               .17     .12     .27     .28     .25     .26     .33     .38     .46     .40     .35     .19      3.83               
        20               .22     .17     .36     .38     .36     .41     .47     .51     .59     .56     .47     .25      4.35               
        25               .25     .20     .40     .42     .41     .48     .54     .57     .64     .63     .52     .28      4.56               
        30               .27     .22     .44     .47     .46     .56     .61     .63     .69     .70     .57     .31      4.75               
        40               .31     .27     .51     .55     .55     .71     .74     .74     .79     .84     .67     .36      5.11               
        50               .35     .31     .59     .64     .65     .87     .88     .86     .89     .99     .77     .42      5.46               
        60               .40     .37     .68     .73     .76    1.06    1.03     .99    1.01    1.15     .88     .48      5.83               
        70               .46     .43     .77     .85     .89    1.28    1.22    1.14    1.13    1.35    1.01     .55      6.24               
        75               .49     .47     .83     .91     .97    1.42    1.33    1.23    1.21    1.46    1.09     .59      6.47               
        80               .53     .52     .90     .99    1.07    1.59    1.46    1.34    1.30    1.60    1.18     .64      6.74               
        90               .63     .66    1.10    1.22    1.34    2.08    1.85    1.65    1.54    1.99    1.43     .78      7.47               
        95               .73     .78    1.28    1.43    1.60    2.55    2.21    1.93    1.77    2.35    1.67     .91      8.11               
        99               .94    1.06    1.65    1.88    2.15    3.54    3.00    2.55    2.23    3.09    2.17    1.20      9.29