We are 20° warmer than this time yesterday morning, we currently have 13° in Otsego. We are now up to 35 inches of snow for the season and just five inches short of last year’s total snowfall. The big story this season is the bitter cold which we have seen the likes of in five […]
Wow! It is colder than cold outside this morning with temps in the negative digits. We dropped to zero at 9:15 last night and temps have been falling since. We are currently at -11.6° at 6:45 am in Otsego, -13.7° in Plainwell, -15.5° in Kalamazoo, and -11° just north of Grand Rapids. We haven’t seen […]
I took a few preliminary snow measurements this morning on my deck and it appears we can add another 4.5 inches to our totals for the season which brings us to 34.5 inches. Temp is a balmy 7.7° at 6:30 am. There is still some light snow around the area which should be moving out […]
We have 8° at 6 am this morning with more snow on the way. My furnace went out overnight, of course, the coldest air of the season is here while it decided to go on sabbatical. Luckily we have alternative sources of heat to get us by until we get a repair person here. […]
We had a temp of 8.6° just before midnight last night and temps rose to 16.7° by 02:30 before falling back to 14.2° this morning at 7 am. Skies were partly cloudy for awhile allowing the temps to drop then of course the clouds moved back in to help hold whatever little warmth we had […]
Snowy Michigan places Even with the snow we have had in the last week or so locations are still well below average in snow fall this winter. Here is a list of some of the average snow fall amounts around Michigan. The top ten snowiest locations per the 1981-2010 averages that will soon change. Houghton: 207.7 […]
One thing is for certain this cold with occasional snow isn’t going away soon. Being a positive person and forward thinker I know spring isn’t too far away but the part of me who lives in today enjoys the day for what it is worth. One can easily add more layers for warmth unlike the […]
The sun may make an appearance depending on your location today. Of course with the clearing temps tend to dip lower with the Canadian air in place over SW Michigan. We still haven’t dipped below zero in our area but our best chances may come this weekend with another cold shot forecasted. Forecast Discussion […]
Average high temperatures this time of year is approximately in the low 30s, while average lows are around 20. The rest of this week we expect to see lows in the single digits to teens! While these temps certainly are unseasonal, they are still not even close to the record daily low temperatures records, largely […]
We have another chilly early morning with a temp of 9° at 7 am. There are a lot of guesses that below normal temps will continue on into early March. With our La Nina still in place this coming early spring we may see an uptick in severe weather with the clash of warm and […]