Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
IRONWOOD — With temperatures reaching the low 90s across the Gogebic Range Friday, weather records were broken.
It soared to 93 degrees on Friday afternoon in downtown Ironwood and that far surpassed the previous record for May 6-7 of 86 set in 1926.
The Marquette office of the National Weather Service keeps records for Ironwood dating to 1901.
It wasn’t a muggy type of heat as the humidity ranged in the mid-20s throughout Friday, with a slight south breeze adding to the fire danger in the area.
Ironwood had received only .10 inch of rain in May, but street lights came on around 5:30 p.m. Friday downtown as black clouds, rain and lightning moved in from Lake Superior, dousing that fire danger.
Today’s high temperature was forecast at 61 and there was no more real hot weather in the immediate predictions.
A chance of light rain is predicted for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
—Ralph Ansami
