We will finish out the month of June with another mostly sunny day – this has been a month of extremes however we have had a chance to dry out over the past week. I spoke of ring of fire storms last week, Mike Torragrossa from MLive had a short article with a good explanation […]
Here are some averages and past history for the month of July. July of course is generally (but not always) the warmest month of the year here at Grand Rapids. In 1971, 2009 and 2014 June was warmer then July and in 1900, 1937, 1974 and 1959 August was warmer then July. During the month […]
I thought I would share some photos today – first is a screen shot of a ship coming through the South Haven channel – We have around 10 flower beds around the house and yard with many types of flowers – my wife tends to the flowers and I am the grounds keeper in charge […]
First of all I would like to thank Slim once again for being the fountain of knowledge that he is – he is the keeper of the statistical facts on the site. I ask nicely once again that we have respect not only for the two of us who keep this site running but also […]
Actual summer weather is upon us (finally) and we will have a rather tropical airmass moving in by tomorrow. If you don’t have the air conditioners going you may want them on for the rest of the week unless you like the warmth and the humidity in your house. I would rather have a cool […]
I took some photos of the double rainbow from our front yard last evening after a light rain shower. Our rainfall total was a meager .18 of an inch. Cell phones are convenient for taking pictures as most of us have them with us all the time. I used to lug around my camera bag […]
We have a warm 69° at 4am this morning with very little rain overnight. Humidity levels are ramping up and our possibility of rain and storms increase this afternoon ‘if’ we should see any sun and instability in the atmosphere. The limiting factor however is poor mid level lapse rates, which look better over Wisconsin. […]
Today the sun rises at 6:06 and sets at 9:23 (in Otsego). In Lansing sunrise is at 6:00 and sunset is at 9:20. Daylight length is 15 hours and 19 minutes. We have lost a whole 8 seconds of daylight since the 21st. The loss of daylight is slow as we move into July becoming […]
Many of you remember the derecho of May 1998 but there was another major derecho that struck Michigan in July of 1991. Unlike this year May and June of 1991 was very hot and that continued into July as well. The first week of July 1991 seen temperatures in the mid to upper 80’s then […]
We had 2.67 inches of rain from yesterdays system which brings us to over 5 inches for the month of June in Otsego. Now we will have a couple days to dry out though temps will be slightly below normal today is will be pleasant with lots of sun. I will be replacing 80 feet […]