Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Extreme Snowfall

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                                                                 HERMAN                                                                
       DIVISION: 1                                          STATION #3744                                         DATE OF RUN
       COUNTY: BARAGA                      PERIOD ANALYSIS FOR 1971 -2000  ( 30 YEARS)                             11/09/04 
                                                           EXTREME SNOWFALL                                                                

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

           1971            10.3    17.0    15.5     7.3     6.2      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     8.7     9.0      69.0
           1972            12.9    11.3    20.0     6.2      .3      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.0     4.8    10.0      73.5
           1973             5.9     6.0     2.7     3.1    11.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .9     8.9    17.0      71.6
           1974             4.0     4.5     3.0    10.0     1.5      .0      .0      .0      .5     3.0     8.1     6.8      44.3
           1975            27.5    10.0    20.2     4.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .5      .0    11.0    13.3      82.2
           1976             8.5     6.3    16.7      .7     3.3      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.8     5.9    10.0      78.1
           1977            11.0     4.5     5.5    27.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.0     7.3    17.3      77.7
           1978            17.3     6.7     5.3     2.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .5    11.8    10.2      73.6
           1979            13.0     6.7    24.0     4.8     1.0      .0      .0      .0      .0    14.0     9.7    12.8      71.8
           1980             9.0     6.0     3.0     5.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5     3.2     8.5      64.7
           1981            15.3    12.3     6.0     5.6     1.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     7.0     9.0     8.2      66.6
           1982            13.7     4.5    10.0     8.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    14.4    12.9    10.0      77.3
           1983             6.0    25.0    17.0     5.1      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.5     9.2    17.5      70.4
           1984             7.2     7.0    14.5     9.7     3.0      .0      .0      .0      .1      .5     3.0     8.0      55.3
           1985            12.0    22.0    13.0    13.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .3     6.5    10.2      76.6
           1986            14.0     8.5    16.0     2.5     1.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.5     5.0     6.5      68.5
           1987             8.0     6.0     6.5     6.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5     5.0     8.0      58.5
           1988            16.0     9.0    20.0     3.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.5    13.0     6.0      74.8
           1989            11.0     8.5     7.5     6.5     1.0      .0      .0      .0     1.3     3.5    11.0     6.0      47.5
           1990             4.0    10.0     8.0     6.0    17.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     8.0     2.0    14.0      37.0
           1991             3.5     8.0     5.0     4.0     1.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.5    11.0     6.0      52.5
           1992             5.5     7.0     5.0     2.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     9.0     7.0     8.5      39.5
           1993             6.0     3.5     4.0    14.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     6.0     8.0     5.0      37.0
           1994             5.0     3.0    13.0     3.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.0     7.0     3.0      34.0
           1995             7.0     6.0     9.0     5.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.0     8.0     8.0     7.0      64.0
           1996            13.0    14.0    26.0    12.5     4.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.0    10.0    30.0     111.0
           1997            17.0     6.0    13.0     3.0     7.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.0     8.0     8.0     114.0
           1998             6.0     7.0     6.0     2.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.0     4.5      36.0
           1999            16.0     4.5     3.0      .5      .1      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.0     3.2     4.5      44.0
           2000             5.0     4.3      .0     1.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.0     7.5    12.0      75.3

           NON-ZERO          30      30      29      30      15       0       0       0       5      27      30      30        30          
           ZEROES             0       0       1       0      15      30      30      30      25       3       0       0         0          
           PROB OF ZERO     .00     .00     .03     .00     .50    1.00    1.00    1.00     .83     .10     .00     .00       .00          
             NOTE:  STATISTICS ARE COMPUTED ON THE NON-ZERO VALUES                                                                         
           NUMBER YEARS      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30        30          
           MEAN           10.35    8.50   10.98    6.18    3.93     .00     .00     .00    1.08    4.70    7.62    9.93     64.88          
           VARIANCE       28.98   26.57   47.13   28.72   22.90     .00     .00     .00    1.34   13.57    9.19   28.69    393.76          
           STND DEV        5.38    5.15    6.87    5.36    4.79     .00     .00     .00    1.16    3.68    3.03    5.36     19.84          
           SKEW            1.04    1.81     .55    2.28    1.66     .00     .00     .00    1.04    1.13    -.11    1.90       .43          
           KURTOSIS        4.38    5.90    2.15    9.44    4.87     .00     .00     .00    2.56    4.04    2.20    7.69      3.29          


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






                                                                 HERMAN                                                                
       DIVISION: 1                                          STATION #3744                                         DATE OF RUN
       COUNTY: BARAGA                      PERIOD ANALYSIS FOR 1971 -2000  ( 30 YEARS)                             11/09/04 
                                                      EXTREME SNOWFALL STATISTICS                                                     

        PARAMETER        JAN     FEB     MAR     APR     MAY     JUN     JUL     AUG     SEP     OCT     NOV     DEC    ANNUAL        
        NUMBER YEARS      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30      30        30          
        MEAN           10.35    8.50   10.98    6.18    3.93     .00     .00     .00    1.08    4.70    7.62    9.93     64.88          
        VARIANCE       28.98   26.57   47.13   28.72   22.90     .00     .00     .00    1.34   13.57    9.19   28.69    393.76          
        STND DEV        5.38    5.15    6.87    5.36    4.79     .00     .00     .00    1.16    3.68    3.03    5.36     19.84          
        SKEW            1.04    1.81     .55    2.28    1.66     .00     .00     .00    1.04    1.13    -.11    1.90       .43          
        KURTOSIS        4.38    5.90    2.15    9.44    4.87     .00     .00     .00    2.56    4.04    2.20    7.69      3.29          

        GAMMA          4.050   3.847   2.493   1.736    .815    .000    .000    .000 999.000   1.451   5.270   4.509    10.754          
        BETA           2.556   2.210   4.403   3.561   4.815    .000    .000    .000 999.000   3.240   1.447   2.202     6.033          

        PROB OF ZERO     .00     .00     .03     .00     .50    1.00    1.00    1.00     .83     .10     .00     .00       .00          
           LEVELS                                           PROBABILITY PERCENTILE VALUES

        01               2.2     1.7      .0      .3      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.0     2.3      27.8               
        05               3.6     2.8     1.5      .9      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.1     3.7      36.1               
        10               4.5     3.6     2.9     1.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.8     4.6      41.2               
        20               6.0     4.8     4.7     2.3      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.0     4.8     5.9      47.9               
        25               6.6     5.3     5.5     2.7      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.3     5.2     6.5      50.7               
        30               7.2     5.8     6.2     3.2      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.7     5.6     7.1      53.2               
        40               8.3     6.8     7.7     4.1      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.4     6.4     8.1      58.1               
        50               9.5     7.8     9.3     5.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.2     7.1     9.2      62.9               
        60              10.8     8.9    11.0     6.2      .7      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.2     8.0    10.4      67.9               
        70              12.3    10.1    13.1     7.5     1.8      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.3     9.0    11.8      73.6               
        75              13.2    10.9    14.3     8.4     2.5      .0      .0      .0      .0     6.0     9.5    12.6      76.9               
        80              14.3    11.8    15.8     9.4     3.4      .0      .0      .0      .0     6.9    10.2    13.5      80.6               
        90              17.2    14.3    20.1    12.4     6.4      .0      .0      .0      .3     9.5    12.1    16.2      91.1               
        95              20.0    16.6    24.1    15.3     9.5      .0      .0      .0      .9    12.0    13.8    18.6     100.3               
        99              25.9    21.3    32.9    21.6    16.9      .0      .0      .0     2.5    17.7    17.4    23.8     118.6