Record Report
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
665 SXUS73 KAPX 280603 RERAPX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 0103 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024 ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, AND METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT TRAVERSE CITY MI ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED AT CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024. THIS ABSOLUTELY CRUSHES THE OLD DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 57 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET IN 2018. IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES A NEW FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR TRAVERSE CITY AT 73 DEGREES, ALSO SOUNDLY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME FEBRUARY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES, PREVIOUSLY SET ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2017. ON TOP OF THE MONTHLY RECORD, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT TRAVERSE CITY DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 66 DEGREES, SET TWO SEPARATE TIMES: FEBRUARY 22ND, 2017 AND DECEMBER 16TH, 2021. FINALLY, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE FIRST TIME THAT THE 70 DEGREE MARK WAS ECLIPSED IN TRAVERSE CITY IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND ESTABLISHES THE EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF A 70 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN A CALENDAR YEAR. THE PREVIOUS EARLIEST OCCURRENCE OF A 70 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN TRAVERSE CITY OCCURRED ON MARCH 7TH, 2000. WEATHER RECORDS FOR TRAVERSE CITY DATE TO 1896. $$ DIPPMAN