January 2004 Weather Report
Muskegon began 2004 snowy and cold. Temperatures were 2.5 degrees below normal. The high for the month was 57 degrees on the 2nd. The low was -1° on the 25th. This is the second year in a row January has been below normal in temperature.
More notable was the snowfall of 47 inches. This was 12.6 inches more than normal. On January 27th, 7.8 inches of snow fell. Compare this to December when 7.3 inches of snow fell the entire month. Historically this was only the 17th snowiest January. The snowiest January for Muskegon was 1982 when 102.4 inches of snow fell.
Winter Beach
We received 1.35 inches of precipitation, which is .87 inches below normal. The 14th saw .34 inches of rain fall, most for any day.
It was also a windy month with an average wind speed of 11.6 knots. The The 21st was the windiest day with an average wind speed of 19.4 knots. Least windy day was the 24th with an average wind of 4.9 knots.
January was typically cloudy with 27 days of clouds, 1 above the typical figure of 26. The solstice occured last month meaning we are getting more daylight. The normal number of days with clouds in February is 21, meaning we should see more of the increasing
amounts of sunlight.
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