Here we are finishing out the month of September (already). Yesterday we stayed in the 50s most of the day – it began warming into the low 60s after the sun set. We had a long term rain event which dropped another 1.55 inches in Otsego bringing our total for the month to 7.04 inches. […]
Lots of stuff going on in Otsego yesterday – we had the Creative Arts Festival and the Otsego Band Invitational. You had to be creative to get from the east to west through the city as the downtown area was blocked off from traffic. My step daughter had a booth set up, she is a […]
We will soon end September and enter the start of October. The average mean temperature for October is 51.1° The warmest it had gotten in October is 89° on October 1st 1897. In more recent times the 2nd place high of 88 was reached on October 8th 2007 at the end of 5 days in […]
We will see a similar pattern of rain as we had last Sunday move into the area today and tonight with some areas picking up another couple inches of rain – the SPC has us in the marginal risk for severe weather the risk being mainly some hail and heavy rain. Rain will continue over […]
We have our first winter storm watches out for parts of western Montana and northern Idaho along with high wind watches and warnings. This one may be for the record books as one of the earliest blizzards to hit that state or for the U.S.. This will be a long term event running from Friday […]
Here we are – another Wednesday and time for our weekly weather history post for Michigan. September 22 1952: Hail covered the ground like snow in Cascade Township, near Grand Rapids. 1961: A tornado hit two miles north of Marne. One person was injured and three buildings were heavily damaged. September 23 2006: Small tornadoes […]
Autumn is the season of the year between summer and winter during which temperatures gradually decrease. It is often called fall in the United States because leaves fall from the trees at that time. Autumn is usually defined in the Northern Hemisphere as the period between the autumnal equinox (day and night equal in length), […]
In the earliest of time when our ancestors were hunter gatherers and before man settled into cities weather was just a thing to be experienced and observed in the present tense – when it rained you got wet, if it was hot you sweated… When you saw black clouds coming that was your early weather […]
After a warm week last week we will be entering a wet and cooler pattern. Still for the most part this week will be slightly above normal temperature wise. The main theme for today and tonight will be the rain – it won’t be a pleasant day for outdoor activities. We have a cold front […]
This year the September equinox will arrive on Monday September 23, 2019 at 3:50 AM. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, it marks the calendar start of autumn (I use September 1st as the start of the fall season). At the equinox, days and nights just about equal in length. For us in the Northern […]