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Iron Mountain Daily News
IRON MOUNTAIN Although it will stay cool early this week, a long-range outlook from the National Weather Service calls for a potentially warm and stormy summer season.
A southward dip in the jet stream has led to chilly weather the past few days, but the forecast calls for a high in the mid-60s by Wednesday.
Looking much further ahead, the Climate Prediction Center puts the chances for above-normal temperatures through July at 47% at Iron Mountain-Kingsford, with chances for below-normal at just 21%.
The temperature outlook is tied to La Nina, the periodic cooling of water in the central Pacific Ocean. La Nina is now gradually weakening, which has typically led to warm summers in the U.S.
janderson@ironmountaindailynews.com
A BALTIMORE ORIOLE dines on grape jelly at a feeder in Dickinson County. The later migrating songbirds such as orioles, tanagers, rose-breasted grosbeaks and hummingbirds have begun to return to the region despite the cooler-than-normal temperatures. (Betsy Bloom/Daily News photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN Although it will stay cool early this week, a long-range outlook from the National Weather Service calls for a potentially warm and stormy summer season.
A southward dip in the jet stream has led to chilly weather the past few days, but the forecast calls for a high in the mid-60s by Wednesday.
janderson@ironmountaindailynews.com
Mike Cronick of Quinnesec rakes his greening-up lawn Tuesday. While recent warmer temperatures have spurred growth in yards and trees, the area will see a cooling trend that could linger late into the month. (Iron Mountain Daily News photo by Terri Castelaz)
IRON MOUNTAIN Cooler weather is taking hold following an early spring heat wave that’s pushed soil temperatures about 7 degrees above average in the region.
Snow could fall today, with temperatures hovering below 40. Highs should reach into the 50s by the weekend but may not get to 60 until much later in the month.
Tuesday’s average soil temperature of 47 degrees compares with a 10-year average for April 13 of 40 degrees, according to greencastonline.com. High temperatures last week at Iron Mountain-Kingsford climbed into the 70s Monday through Wednesday, peaking at 77 on April 6, unofficially tying a record for that date from 1991.
janderson@ironmountaindailynews.com
MIKE CRONICK OF Quinnesec rakes his greening-up lawn Tuesday. While recent warmer temperatures have spurred growth in yards and trees, the area will see a cooling trend that could linger late into the month. (Terri Castelaz/Daily News photo)
IRON MOUNTAIN Cooler weather is taking hold following an early spring heat wave that’s pushed soil temperatures about 7 degrees above average in the region.
Snow could fall today, with temperatures hovering below 40. Highs should reach into the 50s by the weekend but may not get to 60 until much later in the month.
Tuesday’s average soil temperature of 47 degrees compares with a 10-year average for April 13 of 40 degrees, according to greencastonline.com. High temperatures last week at Iron Mountain-Kingsford climbed into the 70s Monday through Wednesday, peaking at 77 on April 6, unofficially tying a record for that date from 1991.