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  Upper Michigan Weather Argument Settler (Starter)
(This short list is designed to settle arguments, but it will no doubt start some, too.)
(All data from the Weather Bureau/Service in Marquette/Negaunee Township unless otherwise stated.)

Hottest: 108°, July 15, 1901

Coldest: -48° at Bergland, Ontonagon County Feb 3, 1912

Coldest month: -5.3°, Ironwood January 1912

Warmest month: 72.4°, July 1921

Hottest summer: 68.1°, 1955

Coolest summer: 58.0°, 1992

Coldest winter: 5.1°, Crystal Falls and Bergland, 1978-79

Warmest winter: 30.9°, 1877-78

Wettest month: 12.81 inches, September 1881

Driest month: 0.06 inches May 1986

Snowiest day: 29 inches, Ishpeming October 23, 1929

Biggest storm: 61.7 inches, Sault Ste. Marie December 8-11, 1995

Deepest snowcover: 63 inches, March 14, 1997

Snowiest month: 133.7 inches, Delaware December 2000

Snowiest winter: 390.4 inches, Delaware 1978-79

Least snowy winter: 14.8 inches, Escanaba 1899-1900

Highest wind: 90 mph, Mackinac Island November 10, 1998


Weather temperature averages are not actual temperatures for a day unless specified.


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