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December 2023 General Discussion


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In total of 6 monthly and 57 daily temperature and precipitation records were broken or tied during 2023 at our office in Negaunee Twp where records date back to 1961. Five of the monthly records and 35 of the daily records were associated with temperatures warmer than previously observed. Only three of the 35 warm daily temperature records occurred during meteorological summer (Jun - Aug), which is consistent with global observations of nighttime and cool season temperatures warming more rapidly. Despite the warmth, Upper Michigan’s northern location resulted in 10 of the 19 precipitation records being associated with snowfall including the new May daily snowfall record of 19.8 inches!

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Detroit finished December 3rd warmest on record, behind only 2015 & 1881. The snowfall of 0.1" ties with 2014 for 2nd least snowy December, behind only 1889. Season to date snowfall is 2.5"

The calendar year 2023 finished with a mean temperature of 52.6°, which is the 7th warmest year on record (behind 2012, 1998, 1931, 2016, 2021, 1921).

Precip totaled 36.65" which is around a foot more than 2022, but snowfall only totaled 32.1" which is around a foot below 2022.

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TH broke its Dec monthly avg record at 31.8, besting 30.3 set in 1931. 42.1 (41.3 avg) for the year places it tied 18th out of 61 unique temps in the record since 1894. Dec snowfall at 1.4" is ranked 7th least snowiest, but precip at 3.42" edged out 2015 (3.41") for the record. 30.59" for the year was near avg (31.72").

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1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

Detroit finished December 3rd warmest on record, behind only 2015 & 1881. The snowfall of 0.1" ties with 2014 for 2nd least snowy December, behind only 1889. Season to date snowfall is 2.5"

The calendar year 2023 finished with a mean temperature of 52.6°, which is the 7th warmest year on record (behind 2012, 1998, 1931, 2016, 2021, 1921).

Precip totaled 36.65" which is around a foot more than 2022, but snowfall only totaled 32.1" which is around a foot below 2022.

I think the crazier part about this other than 3 of the 6 are in the last 11 years, is that 2023 did it while not really even getting hot in the summer. That is more concerning than anything if you ask me.

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1 hour ago, madwx said:

Milwaukee finished with the warmest December and year on record.  Madison was 4th and T3rd respectively.

Remarkable, since it just doesn't stand out in my mind for sustained anomalous warmth like 1988 (I was too young to remember, but my parents do as that was the summer I got sick on a camping trip with my grandparents and they assumed it was heat-related at first, but I ended up having surgery to remove a [non-malignant] tumor at age 2), 1995 and 2012 do.

Probably because around here you can be +10 to 15 in January-April, and October-December and it still feels cold to pleasant instead of "hot."

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December 2023 finished tied for the 4th warmest December on record in Chicago.

Top 10 Warmest December's
1. 43.4 - 1877
2. 40.7 - 1889
3. 39.7 - 1923
4. 39.0 - 2023
4. 39.0 - 2015
6. 38.4 - 1931
7. 38.0 - 2021
8. 37.8 - 1881
9. 37.7 - 1918
10. 37.4 - 1971

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