Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Monthly & annual heating degree-days base 65 F (Gamma)

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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 
                                                      HEATING DEGREE-DAYS (65 F)                                                      

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

           1981            1452    1214    1084     716     497     132      76      64     347     679     817    1274      8352
           1982            1713    1386    1179     858     322     281      49     146     294     550     985    1190      8953
           1983            1340    1081    1114     867     609     189      27      28     219     574     898    1601      8547
           1984            1551    1068    1333     711     448      96      41      44     314     521     921    1332      8380

           1986            1385    1291    1057     590     274     138      47      85     254     584    1035    1195      7935
           1987            1266    1042     979     603     338      90      37      62     188     659     861    1172      7297
           1988            1489    1430    1136     732     334     117      14      72     204     644     890    1315      8377
           1989            1250    1396    1373     823     403     219      47      64     200     485    1067    1582      8909
           1990            1207    1263    1047     655     574     157      66      75     256     615     854    1321      8090
           1991            1540    1156    1130     648     388     143      69      60     307     618    1016    1267      8342
           1992            1337    1176    1179     792     343     230     184     128     262     656    1024    1351      8662

           1994            1804    1519    1076     773     468     146      71      94     194     490     790    1151      8576
           1995            1401    1280    1087     931     439     117      71      20     289     555    1167    1407      8764
           1996            1529    1478    1406     924     619     228     140      75     226     588    1058    1340      9611
           1997            1528    1248    1262     853     636     121      97     137     230     561    1005    1114      8792
           1998            1345     970    1144     727     356     208      39      27     146     482     616    1203      7263

           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          1446.1  1249.9  1161.6   762.7   440.5   163.3    67.2    73.8   245.6   578.8   937.8  1300.9    8428.1          
           VARIANCE     26787.5 26551.2 15003.0 11614.2 13648.4  3106.6  1861.9  1418.4  2963.3  4051.5 18031.7 19662.1  350296.3          
           STND DEV       163.7   162.9   122.5   107.8   116.8    55.7    43.1    37.7    54.4    63.7   134.3   140.2     591.9          
           SKEW              .6     -.0      .7     -.0      .4      .6     1.5      .5      .1     -.1     -.6      .9       -.4          
           KURTOSIS         2.8     2.0     2.5     1.9     1.9     2.3     4.7     2.5     2.2     1.9     3.3     3.1       3.3          


          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 
                                                 HEATING DEGREE-DAYS (65 F) 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          1446.1  1249.9  1161.6   762.7   440.5   163.3    67.2    73.8   245.6   578.8   937.8  1300.9    8428.1          
        VARIANCE     26787.5 26551.2 15003.0 11614.2 13648.4  3106.6  1861.9  1418.4  2963.3  4051.5 18031.7 19662.1  350296.3          
        STND DEV       163.7   162.9   122.5   107.8   116.8    55.7    43.1    37.7    54.4    63.7   134.3   140.2     591.9          
        SKEW              .6     -.0      .7     -.0      .4      .6     1.5      .5      .1     -.1     -.6      .9       -.4          
        KURTOSIS         2.8     2.0     2.5     1.9     1.9     2.3     4.7     2.5     2.2     1.9     3.3     3.1       3.3          

        GAMMA         85.782  61.909  99.890  52.527  15.610   9.539   3.022   3.757  21.083  86.905  47.684  96.398   211.056          
        BETA          16.857  20.189  11.629  14.520  28.220  17.114  22.235  19.648  11.650   6.660  19.666  13.495   999.000          

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

        01              1108     910     908     539     223      66      10      14     138     444     651    1013      7051               
        05              1199    1000     977     598     274      87      18      24     165     481     726    1091      7455               
        10              1250    1051    1015     631     305     100      25      31     180     501     768    1134      7670               
        20              1313    1114    1063     673     345     118      34      41     200     526     822    1188      7930               
        25              1338    1139    1081     689     361     125      39      46     208     536     843    1209      8029               
        30              1360    1162    1098     704     376     132      43      50     215     545     862    1228      8118               
        40              1401    1203    1128     732     404     145      51      59     229     561     897    1263      8278               
        50              1440    1243    1157     758     431     158      60      67     242     576     931    1296      8428               
        60              1480    1283    1187     785     460     171      70      77     255     592     966    1330      8578               
        70              1523    1327    1219     814     491     186      81      88     271     609    1004    1367      8738               
        75              1548    1352    1237     831     510     195      88      95     279     619    1025    1388      8827               
        80              1575    1380    1258     849     530     205      96     102     289     630    1049    1411      8926               
        90              1649    1456    1312     900     588     234     119     125     316     659    1115    1473      9187               
        95              1710    1519    1357     943     638     259     141     145     340     683    1171    1526      9402               
        99              1827    1636    1441    1028     739     310     188     188     387     728    1279    1629      9805