January produced four-day period of sub-zero weather

By RALPH ANSAMI

ransami@yourdailyglobe.com

IRONWOOD — January in Ironwood will be remembered for a four-day period when the thermometer never reached above zero.

Kevin Crupi, of the National Weather Service office in Marquette, said although the Jan. 16-19 period produced the below-zero weather, the average temperature for the month was 2 degrees above normal, at 13.5 degrees.

Crupi said the west to east flow of mild Pacific air associated with the El Nino produced above normal temperatures in the Upper Great Lakes states for a third consecutive month.

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