Record Report
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
Issued by NWS Gaylord, MI
476 SXUS73 KAPX 280606 RERAPX RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 0106 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024 ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, AND METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT GAYLORD MI ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED AT GAYLORD REGIONAL AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024. THIS ABSOLUTELY CRUSHES THE OLD DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 53 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET IN 2000. IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES A NEW FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR GAYLORD AT 68 DEGREES, ALSO SOUNDLY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME FEBRUARY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES, PREVIOUSLY SET ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 2017. ON TOP OF THE MONTHLY RECORD, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT GAYLORD DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 65 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET ON DECEMBER 3RD 1951. WEATHER RECORDS FOR GAYLORD DATE TO 1951 AND HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY ESTABLISHED USING HISTORICAL COOPERATIVE OBSERVER DATA. $$ DIPPMAN