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VELENA>> THIS WINTER HAS MARKED
THE 2-ND COLDEST WINTER ON
RECORD FOR ALPENA WITH LESS THAN
A DEGREE DIFFERENCE FROM THE
COLDEST WINTER ON RECORD IN THE
WINTER OF 1917.
SECOND COLDEST WINTER ON RECORD
ALPENA, MI>> DUE TO THE JET
STREAM SINKING SOUTHWARD, THIS
YEAR WE HAVE SEEN MORE ARTIC AIR
MASSES, CREATING PRELONGED
PERIODS OF RECORD SETTING COLD
TEMPERATURES.
WITH AVERAGE temperatures THIS
WINTER AROUND 13 DEGREES, THE
COMMUNITY OF ALPENA IS FEELING
THE BLOW OF THE BELOW FREEZING
TEMPERATURES.
SOT:
KEN GILES ALPENA RESIDENT>>
SOT:
TYPICAL WINTER TEMPERATURES FOR
THIS AREA, USUALLY COME IN
AROUND 21 DEGREES.
HOWEVER THIS YEAR, ALPENA HAS
ALMOST BROKEN THE RECORD FOR
COLDEST WINTER SET BACK IN 1917,
THAT BROUGHT AVERAGE TEMPERTURES
LESS THAN A DEGREE COOLER AT 12
POINT 6 DEGREES.
ADAM CLAIBON WBKB METEROLOGIST>>
ADAM SOT:
COLDER TEMPETURES HAVE ALSO
AFFECTED THE AMOUNT OF SNOW WE
HAVE SEEN THIS SEASON.
ADAM SOT:
THIS SEASON WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL
OF 55 POINT 5 INCHES OF SNOW
WHICH 10 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL
AVERAGE....BUT EVEN WITH THIS
WINTER BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES,
SOME ALPENIANS ARE JUST HAPPY TO
SEE THE SUN.
VELENA JONES WBKB NEWS.