Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Friday snow, rain brings record precipitation

By RALPH ANSAMI

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IRONWOOD - The 8 inches of snow that fell when rain turned into snow on Friday set an Oct. 28 record for Ironwood, according to the National Weather Service office in Marquette.

The snow was recorded at the Gogebic-Iron Wastewater Treatment Plant on the Montreal River off Cloverland Drive for the 24-hour period ending at 7 a.m. on Saturday.

Another 2 inches fell for the 24-hour period to 7 a.m. Sunday, making the weekend's snowfall 10 inches.

About half of Friday's wet stuff fell as rain and the precipitation total of 1.63 inches for the period a...

 
 
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