Record Report
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
516 SXUS73 KAPX 280558 RERHTL RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 1258 AM EST WED FEB 28 2024 ...DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, AND METEOROLOGICAL WINTER (DECEMBER-FEBRUARY) MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT HOUGHTON LAKE MI ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024... A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED AT HOUGHTON LAKE - ROSCOMMON COUNTY BLODGETT MEMORIAL AIRPORT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024. THIS ANNIHILATES THE OLD DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 56 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET IN 2018. IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES A NEW FEBRUARY MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR HOUGHTON LAKE AT 69 DEGREES, ALSO SOUNDLY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS ALL-TIME FEBRUARY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 64 DEGREES, ORIGINALLY SET CLEAR BACK ON FEBRUARY 22ND, 1930. ON TOP OF THE MONTHLY RECORD, THIS ALSO ESTABLISHES THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT ALPENA DURING METEOROLOGICAL WINTER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 64 DEGREES, SET TWO SEPARATE TIMES: FEBRUARY 22ND, 1930, AND DECEMBER 5TH, 2001. WEATHER RECORDS FOR HOUGHTON LAKE DATE TO 1913. $$ DIPPMAN