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Marine High Wind · Lake Superior

Marine High Wind December 23, 2022 – December 25, 2022 · Manitou Island To Marquette Mi Beyond 5nm From Shore, Lake Superior

74 mph

Measured gust (64 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Granite Island Light station measured storm force northwest wind gusts throughout the period with a hurricane-force peak gust of 74 mph at 710 am on the 24th.

The wider storm

An intense and rapidly deepening storm system moving through the Upper Great Lakes produced high-end storm force northwest winds across much of Lake Superior from the 23rd into the 25th. A hurricane force gust of 79 mph was even recorded at Stannard Rock on the morning of the 24th.

Began near Marquette (46.7200, -87.4100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1069423. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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