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The highest temperature ever recorded in Marquette was 108 °F (42 °C) on July 15, 1901, and the lowest was −33 °F (−36 °C) on February 8, 1861. Marquette receives an average of 2,294 hours of sunshine per year or 51 percent of possible sunshine, ranging from a low of 29 percent in December to a high of 68 percent in July.
Greatest 24-hour snowfall. 32.0 inches (81 cm) December 2, 1985. Herman. Greatest snow depth. 117.0 inches (297 cm) January 27–31, 1948. Eagle Harbor.
Marquette County ( / mɑːrˈkɛt / mar-KEHT) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,017. [2] The county seat is Marquette. [3] The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It was set off in 1843 and organized in 1851. [1]
Granite Island Light is one of more than 150 past and present lighthouses in Michigan. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state. See Lighthouses in the United States . The highest recorded wind speed on the island was 143 miles per hour (230 km/h) on January 18, 2003.
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. / 46.23333°N 86.35000°W / 46.23333; -86.35000. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan —also known as Upper Michigan or colloquially the U.P. —is the northern and more elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac.
Marquette Mountain Resort is a small mountain and ski resort in Marquette, Michigan, the major city in the state's Upper Peninsula. The resort offers winter sports seasonally as well as mountain biking, volleyball, and hiking in the spring, summer, and fall. The hill has a summit elevation of 1,257 ft (383 m) above sea level, over 300 acres and ...
The new lens was visible up to 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi). Because of weather conditions, installation, maintenance and operation of a foghorn was integral to the operation. In July 1899, the lighthouse was electrified under the direction of Thomas Miller. The current lens is a DCB-36 Aerobeacon.
2393067 [3] Website. www .sawyerairport .com. K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force (USAF) installation in Marquette County, Michigan, south of the city of Marquette. Near the center of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the base operated for nearly forty years and closed in 1995.