Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Number of days with precipitation of .10 inch or above(Weibull)

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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 
                                               NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION => .10"                                       

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

           1981               4       9       5       8       7      10       4       7       6       8       3      11        82
           1982               9       1       4       7       6       5       7       9      12       7       5       5        77
           1983              11       3      10       6       7       6       4       7       9       7      10       5        85
           1984               5       5       5       2       3       6       7       7      13       7       5       9        74

           1986               7       2       6       4       2       6       5       4       8       6       5       1        56
           1987               1       3       2       4       7       6      10      10       9      11       7       8        78
           1988               6       3       4       3       8       5       2      10       9      13      10       8        81
           1989               6       5       4       3       5       8       2       4       5       6       6       6        60
           1990               3       2       2       5       5       8       6       3      10       9       3       8        64
           1991               4       3       8       7       8       3      12       3      10       7      11       5        81
           1992               3       5       3       6       3       3      10       7       8       6       7       8        69

           1994               6       0       4       5       5       8       4       8       8       8       5       1        62
           1995               4       3       7       7       6       3       8       4       7      14       7      11        81
           1996              11       6       3       9       5       9      14       6       7       7       6      10        93
           1997              11       2       6       4       7       3       9       4       5       5      10       6        72
           1998               7       2       3       2       3       6       4       5       2       3      12       6        55

           NON-ZERO          16      15      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16        16          
           ZEROES             0       1       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0         0          
           PROB OF ZERO     .00     .06     .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             6.1     3.6     4.8     5.1     5.4     5.9     6.8     6.1     8.0     7.8     7.0     6.8      73.1          
           VARIANCE         9.4     4.3     4.9     4.5     3.6     5.0    12.5     5.6     7.5     8.1     7.9     9.0     124.0          
           STND DEV         3.1     2.1     2.2     2.1     1.9     2.2     3.5     2.4     2.7     2.8     2.8     3.0      11.1          
           SKEW              .3     1.2      .9      .1     -.4      .1      .5      .3     -.2      .8      .3     -.5       -.2          
           KURTOSIS         2.2     4.1     3.1     2.0     2.0     2.0     2.3     1.8     3.1     3.3     2.0     2.6       2.0          


          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 
                                          NUMBER OF DAYS WITH PRECIPITATION => .10" 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             6.1     3.6     4.8     5.1     5.4     5.9     6.8     6.1     8.0     7.8     7.0     6.8      73.1          
        VARIANCE         9.4     4.3     4.9     4.5     3.6     5.0    12.5     5.6     7.5     8.1     7.9     9.0     124.0          
        STND DEV         3.1     2.1     2.2     2.1     1.9     2.2     3.5     2.4     2.7     2.8     2.8     3.0      11.1          
        SKEW              .3     1.2      .9      .1     -.4      .1      .5      .3     -.2      .8      .3     -.5       -.2          
        KURTOSIS         2.2     4.1     3.1     2.0     2.0     2.0     2.3     1.8     3.1     3.3     2.0     2.6       2.0          

        SIGMA          7.234   3.030   4.235   7.644  11.989   8.039   8.309   8.499  17.276   5.452   6.600  18.968    40.050          
        ETA            2.200   1.360   1.765   3.600   6.950   3.600   2.200   3.600   6.950   1.765   2.200   6.950     3.600          
        MU             -.282    .825    .980  -1.763  -5.773  -1.307   -.608  -1.534  -8.155   2.897   1.155 -10.986    37.035          
        SCALE FACTOR   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000   1.000     1.000          
        TRANS FACTOR    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000    .000      .000          

        PROB OF ZERO     .00     .06     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00     .00       .00          
           LEVELS                                           PROBABILITY PERCENTILE VALUES

        01                 1       0       1       0       0       1       0       1       1       3       2       0        48               
        05                 2       0       2       2       2       2       2       2       3       4       3       1        55               
        10                 2       1       2       2       3       3       2       3       4       4       4       3        58               
        20                 3       2       3       3       4       4       4       4       6       5       4       4        63               
        25                 4       2       3       4       4       4       4       4       6       6       5       5        65               
        30                 4       2       3       4       5       5       5       5       7       6       5       5        67               
        40                 5       2       4       5       5       5       6       6       8       7       6       6        70               
        50                 6       3       4       5       6       6       6       6       8       7       7       7        73               
        60                 7       4       5       6       6       7       7       7       9       8       7       8        76               
        70                 8       4       6       6       7       7       8       7      10       9       8       8        79               
        75                 8       5       6       7       7       7       9       8      10       9       9       9        81               
        80                 9       5       7       7       7       8      10       8      10      10       9       9        83               
        90                10       6       8       8       8       9      12       9      11      12      11      10        88               
        95                12       8       9       9       8      10      13      10      12      13      12      11        91               
        99                14      10      11      10       9      11      16      11      13      16      14      13        98