Weather Service: Marquette breaks record of days under 60

Public Radio 90, WNMU | By Associated Press

Published April 22, 2019 at 9:39 AM EDT

NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP, MI (AP)-- The National Weather Service says the City of Marquette has set a chilly record by going nearly 200 straight days without the temperature reaching at least 60 degrees.

The weather service in Negaunee Township reported Thursday that Marquette had gone 197 days without reaching 60 degrees, breaking the previous record of 196 days set in 1970.

Jim Salzwedel is observation program leader with the weather service's Marquette bureau. He said Sunday that the city's cold streak ended at 198 days on Saturday, when the temperature reached 65 degrees in Marquette.

Before Saturday, the last time it had reached 60 degrees was last October 3.

Marquette's weather service observations go back to 1962.

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