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"...when we don't live with birds or weather or waves we lose the opportunity to think hard about ourselves, to discover from nature important facts about human nature."
(excerpted from Nancy Lord's, Fishcamp)

1996 - 1997 Winter Snow Report

The Snow Report

At 274 inches (about 23 feet) the seasonal total was be about 94 inches or almost 9 feet less than last winter's near record 367.4 inches. There was only 2 inches of new snow in April, the least in twenty years and no measurable snow in May.

Keweenaw Snow Record (1)
Year Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Total

96-97 0.0 28.3 83.6 104.6 19.3 35.9 2.1 2.6 276.4

95-96 0.0 50.7 96.6 108.2 35.4 41.8 26.2 8.5 367.4

Most 23.1 75.5 129.3 111.4 79.8 78.3 34.8 13.9 390.4(3)

Least 0.0 3.9 16.6 35.6 15.3 3.0 0.0 0.0 161.7(4)

Avg 3.1 29.0 62.2 70.6 38.5 27.4 10.9 1.6 243.2

Keweenaw Snow Record (1)
Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Total
96-97	0.0	28.3	83.6	104.6	19.3	35.9	2.1	2.6	276.4
95-96	0.0	50.7	96.6	108.2	35.4	41.8	26.2	8.5	367.4
Most	23.1	75.5	129.3	111.4	79.8	78.3	34.8	13.9	390.4(3)
Least	0.0	3.9	16.6	35.6	15.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	161.7(4)
Avg	3.1	29.0	62.2	70.6	38.5	27.4	10.9	1.6	243.2

(1) Recordings by Keweenaw County Road Commission since 1957.
(3) 1978-1979.
(4) 1957-1958.

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