Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
HEAVY RAIN from thunderstorms Monday evening and Tuesday threatens to hamper reconstruction efforts at Saxon Harbor, which was destroyed in a July 11 storm. As work is under way on constructing a temporary bridge at County A over Oronto Creek, a ditch leading to the site was flooding on a misty Tuesday morning. The creek is behind the equipment.
By RALPH ANSAMI
A summer of violent thunderstorms continued into September as Tuesday brought more rain to the Gogebic Range.
The official weather station for the National Weather Service at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant off Cloverland Drive recorded .76 inch of rain for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Tuesday. The skies rumbled throughout the night after a high of 79 degrees was recorded on Labor Day and more rain arrived later Tuesday amid a dismal forecast for the rest of the week.
The National Weather Service predicts a chance of thunderstorms today, Thursday and Saturday, with cooler temperatures.
The thunder and rain kicked off on Sunday night as a total of .61 inch fell for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Monday.
Since Jan. 1, 39.22 inches of precipitation has fallen on Ironwood, with the long-term average 22.78 inches, according to records compiled at the NWS Marquette office.
The August rain total for Ironwood was 4.49 inches, compared to the average over the past 115 years of 3.37 inches.
The average temperature for the year stands at 43.8 degrees, a bit above the long-term average of 42.4 degrees.
