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Warm August nights prevailed in Ironwood

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD — August was warm and wet in Ironwood, with only two days with temperatures lower than 50 degrees.

The weather wrap-up for the month from Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service office in Marquette, notes that a typical August would include nine days with readings under 50.

A southwest flow of air prevailed for the month, sending in all of that warmth.

The 4.49 inches of rain that fell on Ironwood in August was 1.33 percent of the normal total.

The June through August 2016 period is now the 10th wettest summer in Ironwood since 1901, Cru...