Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Extreme Minimum Temperatures

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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 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE                                                     

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

           1981              -5     -25      -1      14      21      39      42      38      26      17       8      -4       -25
           1982             -20     -15     -16       3      27      30      46      36      32      25       8       0       -20
           1983              -4      -4       4      12      20      36      40      47      34      24      16     -15       -15
           1984             -17       1     -14      14      24      35      39      37      31      15      11      -4       -17

           1986              -3      -5      -9      22      30      34      43      43      31      25       3       2        -9
           1987              -7       5       6      10      23      35      39      41      36      24      12       8        -7
           1988             -15     -11      -7      20      27      32      47      41      36      24      15      -3       -15
           1989               0     -11     -14       8      25      36      36      39      26      23       3      -9       -14
           1990               2     -11     -11      15      25      30      41      37      33      24      16     -12       -12
           1991             -11      -8       3      19      24      35      42      40      24      22       4      -5       -11
           1992              -8      -3       1      10      18      33      38      35      30      20      15      -4        -8

           1994             -20     -22       4      10      25      34      41      44      39      30      11       4       -22
           1995              -9      -7       0       3      28      32      41      49      32      29       6     -12       -12
           1996             -20     -25     -15       8      23      33      42      42      33      18       9     -10       -25
           1997             -14     -15      -7       5      26      39      42      41      36      23      12       7       -15
           1998              -4      -3      -4      21      28      32      45      45      36      26      15      -6        -6

           NON-ZERO           0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0         0          
           ZEROES             0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0         0          
           PROB OF ZERO    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00      0.00          
             NOTE:  STATISTICS ARE COMPUTED ON THE ALL THE VALUES.                                                                         
           NUMBER YEARS      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16      16        16          
           MEAN            -9.7    -9.9    -5.0    12.1    24.6    34.1    41.5    40.9    32.2    23.1    10.3    -3.9     -14.6          
           VARIANCE         9.1    22.9    25.5    37.7    10.0     7.1     8.3    15.8    17.4    16.1    21.0    24.0        .0          
           STND DEV         3.0     4.8     5.1     6.1     3.2     2.7     2.9     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.6     4.9        .0          
           SKEW             4.0     2.9     1.9      .1     -.4      .3      .2      .4     -.5     -.3     -.3     2.2        .0          
           KURTOSIS        16.0     8.7     3.6     1.9     2.7     2.5     2.7     2.4     2.5     2.8     1.8     4.9        .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 
                                                 EXTREME MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 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            -9.7    -9.9    -5.0    12.1    24.6    34.1    41.5    40.9    32.2    23.1    10.3    -3.9     -14.6          
        VARIANCE         9.1    22.9    25.5    37.7    10.0     7.1     8.3    15.8    17.4    16.1    21.0    24.0        .0          
        STND DEV         3.0     4.8     5.1     6.1     3.2     2.7     2.9     4.0     4.2     4.0     4.6     4.9        .0          
        SKEW             4.0     2.9     1.9      .1     -.4      .3      .2      .4     -.5     -.3     -.3     2.2        .0          
        KURTOSIS        16.0     8.7     3.6     1.9     2.7     2.5     2.7     2.4     2.5     2.8     1.8     4.9        .0          
           LEVELS                                           PROBABILITY PERCENTILE VALUES

        01               -20       0       0       0      17      28      35      32      22      14       0       0         0               
        05               -20       0       0       2      19      30      37      34      25      16       3       0         0               
        10               -20       0       0       4      21      31      38      36      27      18       4       0         0               
        20               -19       0       0       7      22      32      39      38      29      20       6       0         0               
        25               -17       0       0       8      22      32      40      38      29      20       7       0         0               
        30               -15       0       0       9      23      33      40      39      30      21       8       0         0               
        40               -13       0       0      11      24      33      41      40      31      22       9       0         0               
        50                -9       0       0      12      25      34      42      41      32      23      10       0         0               
        60                -7       0       0      14      25      35      42      42      33      24      11       0         0               
        70                -5       0       0      15      26      35      43      43      34      25      13       0         0               
        75                -4       0       0      16      27      36      43      44      35      26      13       0         0               
        80                -4       0       0      17      27      36      44      44      36      26      14       0         0               
        90                -2       0       1      20      29      37      45      46      38      28      16       2         0               
        95                 0       0       3      22      30      38      46      47      39      30      18       4         0               
        99                 2       1       7      26      32      40      48      50      42      32      21       7         0