RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 347 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2002 ...RECORD DAILY HIGH MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES... THE TEMPERATURE AT THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE REACHED 83 DEGREES AT 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON...SETTING A NEW RECORD HIGH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR 16 APRIL...80 DEGREES...WAS SET IN 1976. THE WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR APRIL 16 IS 52 DEGREES IN 1976. THE LOW SO FAR TODAY HAS BEEN 61 DEGREES. WEATHER RECORDS FOR THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP DATE BACK TO 1961. ===== RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 319 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2002 ...NEW RECORD HIGHS AT SAULT STE MARIE...TRAVERSE CITY... ALPENA...AND HOUGHTON LAKE... THE TEMPERATURE AT SANDERSON FIELD IN SAULT STE MARIE REACHED 80 DEGREES AT 105 PM. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 76 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THE TEMPERATURE AT CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT IN TRAVERSE CITY REACHED 88 DEGREES AT 1232 PM. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THE TEMPERATURE AT ALPENA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 90 DEGREES AT 1253 PM. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THE TEMPERATURE AT ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT IN HOUGHTON LAKE REACHED 85 DEGREES AT 1257 PM. THIS BROKE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 DEGREES SET IN 1976. NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR APRIL 16TH ARE 48 DEGREES IN SAULT STE MARIE...50 DEGREES IN ALPENA AND 53 DEGREES IN HOUGHTON LAKE AND TRAVERSE CITY. THESE RECORD HIGHS WERE VALID AS OF 315 PM. AN ADDITIONAL RECORD REPORT WILL BE ISSUED IF THESE VALUES ARE EXCEEDED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ===== RECORD REPORT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 525 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2002 ...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET IN GRAND RAPIDS AND A RECORD TIED IN LANSING ON TUESDAY APRIL 16TH... AT 300 PM IN GRAND RAPIDS...THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 86 DEGREES SETTING A NEW RECORD. THE OLD RECORD OF 84 DEGREES WAS SET IN 1976. IN LANSING AT 300 PM THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO 86 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE RECORD WHICH WAS SET IN 1976. ===== RECORD REPORT FOR FLINT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI 826 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2002 ...NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT FLINT BISHIP AIRPORT... AT 345 PM EDT...A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT FLINT BISHOP AIRPORT. THIS SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 82 DEGREES SET ON THIS DATE BACK IN 1976. THE 87 DEGREES TIED THE RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL...WHICH WAS SET ON APRIL 25TH 1990. THIS IS ALSO THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED THIS EARLY IN THE SEASON. ===== RECORD REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 940 PM EDT TUE APR 16 2002 ADDED RECORD INFORMATION FOR ALPENA ...NEW RECORD HIGHS AT SAULT STE MARIE...TRAVERSE CITY... ALPENA...AND HOUGHTON LAKE... THE TEMPERATURE AT SANDERSON FIELD IN SAULT STE MARIE REACHED 83 DEGREES AT 348 PM. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 76 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THE TEMPERATURE AT CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT IN TRAVERSE CITY REACHED 88 DEGREES AT 1232 PM. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 87 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THE TEMPERATURE AT ALPENA COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT REACHED 90 DEGREES AT 1253 PM. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1976. THIS ALSO TIED THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF APRIL...FIRST ESTABLISHED ON APRIL 25 1990...AND WAS THE EARLIEST RECORDED OCCURRENCE OF 90 DEGREES FOR ANY YEAR. THE TEMPERATURE AT ROSCOMMON COUNTY AIRPORT IN HOUGHTON LAKE REACHED 85 DEGREES AT 1257 PM. THIS BROKE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 80 DEGREES SET IN 1976. NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR APRIL 16TH ARE 48 DEGREES IN SAULT STE MARIE...50 DEGREES IN ALPENA AND 53 DEGREES IN HOUGHTON LAKE AND TRAVERSE CITY. ===== RECORD REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 145 AM EDT WED APR 17 2002 ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET IN GRAND RAPIDS AND LANSING ON TUESDAY APRIL 16TH... THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE KENT COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN GRAND RAPIDS ON TUESDAY WAS 65 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 60 DEGREES SET IN 1976. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT IN LANSING ON TUESDAY WAS 65 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM OF 61 DEGREES SET IN 1976. =====