Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Extreme Snowfall

Climate Office







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

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

           1981             7.0    10.2     7.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.0     7.5     9.0      45.2
           1982            12.0     3.0     4.0     8.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5     7.8     4.5      66.9
           1983             8.5    15.0    17.0     4.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    10.0    10.1      54.6
           1984            10.0     8.0    13.0     3.1      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.3     5.0      44.0

           1986             4.5     5.0     8.3      .5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5     3.0      29.3
           1987             5.0     3.0     5.0     4.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     6.0     6.4      28.0
           1988             6.0     4.0     8.0     1.9      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .3     3.4     5.0      30.9
           1989             8.0     6.0    10.0     2.8      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.0    10.0      40.8
           1990             3.0    13.1    10.0     2.0     8.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     7.0      .7     3.0      30.3
           1991             4.0     3.3     3.0     7.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.0     8.0     7.0      37.6
           1992             3.0     5.0     4.0     1.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.5     5.4    12.0      38.7

           1994             7.0     1.7     5.6     1.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.9     1.3      43.3
           1995             8.5     6.9     5.5     2.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.5     4.0     5.5      36.6
           1996             8.8     5.7    10.5     6.5     3.7      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.7     7.4      47.6
           1997             9.0     3.4    12.5     1.7      .9      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5     3.8     4.5      47.0
           1998             4.4     4.8     2.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.0     5.0      24.8

           NON-ZERO          16      16      16      14       3       0       0       0       0       8      16      16        16          
           ZEROES             0       0       0       2      13      16      16      16      16       8       0       0         0          
           PROB OF ZERO     .00     .00     .00     .13     .81    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00     .50     .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            6.79    6.13    7.89    3.35    4.20     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.91    4.88    6.17     40.35          
           VARIANCE        7.00   14.11   16.67    5.82   12.79     .00     .00     .00     .00    5.18    5.98    8.55    118.77          
           STND DEV        2.65    3.76    4.08    2.41    3.58     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.27    2.45    2.92     10.90          
           SKEW             .15    1.17     .58     .93     .25     .00     .00     .00     .00     .59     .45     .40       .72          
           KURTOSIS        2.10    3.41    2.60    2.70    1.50     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.19    2.60    2.39      3.32          


          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 SNOWFALL 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            6.79    6.13    7.89    3.35    4.20     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.91    4.88    6.17     40.35          
        VARIANCE        7.00   14.11   16.67    5.82   12.79     .00     .00     .00     .00    5.18    5.98    8.55    118.77          
        STND DEV        2.65    3.76    4.08    2.41    3.58     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.27    2.45    2.92     10.90          
        SKEW             .15    1.17     .58     .93     .25     .00     .00     .00     .00     .59     .45     .40       .72          
        KURTOSIS        2.10    3.41    2.60    2.70    1.50     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.19    2.60    2.39      3.32          

        GAMMA          6.438   3.297   3.825   2.109 999.000    .000    .000    .000    .000   1.528   3.449   4.140    15.325          
        BETA           1.055   1.859   2.064   1.588 999.000    .000    .000    .000    .000   1.906   1.414   1.490     2.633          

        PROB OF ZERO     .00     .00     .00     .13     .81    1.00    1.00    1.00    1.00     .50     .00     .00       .00          
           LEVELS                                           PROBABILITY PERCENTILE VALUES

        01               2.1     1.0     1.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .8     1.3      20.3               
        05               3.1     1.8     2.6      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.5     2.2      25.0               
        10               3.7     2.4     3.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.0     2.7      27.8               
        20               4.5     3.3     4.5      .9      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.6     3.6      31.5               
        25               4.8     3.7     4.9     1.2      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.9     3.9      33.0               
        30               5.2     4.0     5.4     1.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.2     4.3      34.4               
        40               5.8     4.8     6.3     1.9      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.8     5.0      37.0               
        50               6.4     5.5     7.2     2.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.4     5.7      39.5               
        60               7.1     6.4     8.2     3.1      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.0     5.1     6.4      42.1               
        70               7.9     7.4     9.4     3.8      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.8     5.8     7.3      45.1               
        75               8.4     8.0    10.1     4.2      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.3     6.3     7.9      46.7               
        80               8.9     8.6    10.9     4.7      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.9     6.8     8.5      48.7               
        90              10.4    10.7    13.3     6.2     2.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5     8.4    10.2      54.0               
        95              11.7    12.5    15.4     7.6     4.6      .0      .0      .0      .0     6.0     9.8    11.8      58.7               
        99              14.5    16.6    19.8    10.6     7.3      .0      .0      .0      .0     9.5    12.9    15.3      68.1