It’s common to hear from old time residents of the Eastern Upper Peninsula (EUP) of Michigan that the winters just aren’t what they used to be. That can be said for recent complete years and decades as the data for Sault Ste. Marie in Table I illustrates: Decadal Temperature Averages for Sault Ste. Marie Decade Average Temperature ( o F) 1890-1899 39.47 1900-1909 39.86 1910-1919 39.40 1920-1929 39.56 1930-1939 40.84 1940-1949 40.36 1950-1959 40.23 1960-1969 39.86 1970-1979 39.77 1980-1989 40.18 1990-1999 40.85 2000-2009 42.14 2010-2019 42.82 2020 44.44 Table I Sault Ste. Marie ended the year 2020 with an average temperature of 44.44 o F, 4.87 o F above the 1971-2000 average. That is a long way from the typical year In the 1960s or 1970s. Figure I is a graph of the data in Table I: Figure I Last year (2020) turned out to be a relatively warm […]