We’ve enjoyed some beautiful weather over the last week. There have been warm, sunny days and cool nights. In fact, it got quite chilly early this week as some locations had low temperatures around the freezing mark. It’s only natural that temperatures are dropping lower, as longer nights mean more time for cooling.

On rare occasions, it can cool enough for a little snow during the first half of September. For instance, two-tenths of an inch of snow was reported in Marquette as early as September 1, 1859. Two weeks later, Bishop Baraga noted from Sault Ste. Marie that the first snow fell on September 14, 1859 but it “disappeared quickly.” Marquette picked up another two-tenths-inch snowfall on September 13, 1923.

September snowfalls are relatively rare even later in the month. The last significant snowfall over the central U.P. fell on September 29, 1993. The 1.7 inches at the National Weather Service near Negaunee is the heaviest September snowfall at the site. Most Septembers have no snow at all.

There will certainly be no snow over the next week. However, cool northerly winds will lower high temperatures into the 60s over the weekend. Low pressure passing to our south will edge close enough to cause some showers, too. The low should pull slowly eastward and leave us with more beautiful September weather after the first of next week.

Marquette:

Sat:

61 52

Showers

Sun:

64 50

Showers

Mon:

69 49

Mostly cloudy

Tues:

73 48

Sunny

Wed:

76 53

Sunny