Today is the last day of meteorological spring which will end on a cool and sunny note. We end May with 6.25 inches of rain most of which fell the second half of the month. We had 12.81 inches for March, April, and May making this a wetter than normal spring. (these are Otsego totals). […]
No not the Bob Seger song but it is now time to turn the page to June and the start of summer 2020. This will be a different kind of summer for me as this will be the first time since 1966 that I will not be working during the summer months (or it […]
Seems we are living in the tropics the past few days. We picked up another .65 of an inch of rain bringing our total to 6.07 for the month of May. This is much above the 4.15 inches we had last May in Otsego. The good news is the rain will move out this morning […]
We had .51 of an inch of rain yesterday with a high temp of 86.2°. Rainfall total for the month is 5.42 inches thus far with more expected for today. I am not seeing any severe weather for today, just rain as we have seen over the past couple days with the exception it may […]
First, a quick reminder that this is not a political site so let’s keep it that way. We had our first 90° day yesterday – 91.4° in Otsego with a DP of 65.7. We had a trace of rain. We will be ‘slightly’ cooler today with highs in the 80s with more in the way […]
We have another sweltering day in store with temps in the upper 80s to near 90°. We had a lone cell pop up around 3:30 yesterday afternoon which gave us a nice .21 of an inch of rain to water our newly planted tomatoes and peppers. Our rainfall total for the month is now up […]
Yesterday we reached a high of 87.2° with a dewpoint of 65 in Otsego. My wife and I sweltered in place as we haven’t had help to get our main air conditioning unit in the window as it is to heavy for me to lift alone. Help is on the way today as one of […]
We received .14 of an inch of rain overnight which brings our total for the month to 4.70 inches. Our high for yesterday reached 81.1° and our low was 64.8° this morning. There were 18 tornado reports last night. The severe weather was knocked down by Lake Michigan giving us mainly rain. Time Location […]
Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868 to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of Gen. John […]
The last two days have been gorgeous for working outside (and for getting the first sunburn of the season). Humidity will be on the rise as well as our temps over the weekend. The NWS is giving a guess of the mid-80s for Sunday and Monday. There are chances of storms over the period though […]