Michigan State Climatologist’s Office

Monthly & annual total snowfall (Gamma)

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 
                                                           SNOWFALL (INCHES)                                                               

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

           1981            32.5    25.5    22.7      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5     8.0    45.2     138.4
           1982            66.9    13.6    16.5    26.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5    23.0    23.5     174.5
           1983            47.0    33.0    44.0    11.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    17.0    54.6     207.1
           1984            44.0    26.0    38.5     3.1      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    10.8    32.0     154.4

           1986            24.3    11.5    29.3      .5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    16.7    10.1      92.4
           1987             8.5     7.0    11.4     4.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    11.9    28.0      70.8
           1988            24.8     9.4    21.5     2.6      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .3     8.4    30.9      97.9
           1989            36.5    27.3    35.3     5.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    17.8    40.8     162.7
           1990            12.5    30.3    10.0     5.0     8.0      .0      .0      .0      .0     7.0     2.1    20.0      94.9
           1991            18.0    12.3     8.3     7.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.0    37.6    22.0     106.2
           1992            16.5    23.0     5.0     2.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.8    29.6    38.7     117.6

           1994            43.3     5.6    10.5     2.9      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    15.1     3.4      80.8
           1995            31.5    27.8    32.8    10.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.1    17.0    36.6     159.2
           1996            34.8    28.0    28.8    16.8     3.7      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    18.3    47.6     178.0
           1997            47.0    13.0    27.6     2.7     1.3      .0      .0      .0      .0     4.5    24.7    25.3     146.1
           1998            24.5     9.4    11.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.6    24.8      72.7

           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           32.04   18.92   22.10    7.14    4.33     .00     .00     .00     .00    3.46   16.29   30.22    128.36          
           VARIANCE      233.63   88.82  145.94   50.92   11.52     .00     .00     .00     .00    4.63   88.34  183.26   1775.83          
           STND DEV       15.28    9.42   12.08    7.14    3.39     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.15    9.40   13.54     42.14          
           SKEW             .46     .01     .22    1.64     .33     .00     .00     .00     .00     .01     .52    -.12       .19          
           KURTOSIS        2.83    1.39    1.80    4.91    1.50     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.27    3.01    2.57      1.84          


          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 
                                                      SNOWFALL (INCHES) 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           32.04   18.92   22.10    7.14    4.33     .00     .00     .00     .00    3.46   16.29   30.22    128.36          
        VARIANCE      233.63   88.82  145.94   50.92   11.52     .00     .00     .00     .00    4.63   88.34  183.26   1775.83          
        STND DEV       15.28    9.42   12.08    7.14    3.39     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.15    9.40   13.54     42.14          
        SKEW             .46     .01     .22    1.64     .33     .00     .00     .00     .00     .01     .52    -.12       .19          
        KURTOSIS        2.83    1.39    1.80    4.91    1.50     .00     .00     .00     .00    2.27    3.01    2.57      1.84          

        GAMMA          4.207   3.697   3.074   1.319 999.000    .000    .000    .000    .000   1.735   2.412   3.429     9.572          
        BETA           7.616   5.117   7.190   5.415 999.000    .000    .000    .000    .000   1.996   6.752   8.813    13.409          

        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               7.0     3.6     3.3      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.7     5.2      51.8               
        05              11.3     6.1     6.2      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.6     9.2      68.5               
        10              14.3     7.9     8.3      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.1    12.1      78.9               
        20              18.7    10.5    11.4     1.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     7.5    16.4      92.8               
        25              20.6    11.7    12.8     1.6      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     8.6    18.2      98.5               
        30              22.4    12.8    14.2     2.1      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     9.6    20.1     103.8               
        40              25.9    15.0    16.9     3.3      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    11.8    23.6     113.9               
        50              29.5    17.2    19.8     4.5      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0    14.1    27.3     123.9               
        60              33.5    19.7    22.9     6.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     1.3    16.7    31.4     134.5               
        70              38.1    22.6    26.6     7.9      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.3    19.8    36.2     146.4               
        75              40.8    24.3    28.8     9.0      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     2.8    21.6    39.1     153.4               
        80              43.9    26.3    31.4    10.4      .0      .0      .0      .0      .0     3.5    23.8    42.4     161.3               
        90              53.0    32.1    39.0    14.6     2.3      .0      .0      .0      .0     5.3    30.3    52.1     183.5               
        95              61.3    37.4    46.1    18.7     4.6      .0      .0      .0      .0     6.9    36.4    61.1     203.2               
        99              79.0    48.5    61.3    27.9     7.3      .0      .0      .0      .0    10.6    49.8    80.3     243.4