10 – 4 Update
Numerous showers are moving through the area now (at 10am) through Allegan County – hope you all get some much needed rain today. I will let this posting run through today as I am working on the main forecast page today….
I have added a travel planner, NAM and GFS models on the Forecast Page. The travel planner shows major road construction projects in the state. I am working on getting the Consumers Power Outage map in there as soon as I figure out the coding and linking…
October 1
1897: Temperatures reach record highs with both Lansing and Grand Rapids hitting 89 degrees. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in October at Grand Rapids.
1974: Cloudy and cold weather prevails with high temperatures in the 40s and snowflakes observed at Muskegon.
October 2
1880: A tornado cut a 15 mile long path of destruction from southern Barry and Eaton Counties into northern Calhoun County. Two children were killed and several other people injured near Bellevue, when the tornado picked up a house and carried it 200 feet before it disintegrated. The roar of the tornado could be heard six miles away.
October 3
1898: Lansing hits 90 degrees for its highest October temperature.
1954: Heavy rains cause some minor flooding across southwest Lower Michigan. Grand Rapids and Muskegon both have their wettest October days on record with rainfall totals around 3.5 inches.
1974: Temperatures plummet into the 20s as very cold weather continues. Record lows include 22 degrees at Lansing, 23 at Grand Rapids, and 25 at Muskegon.
October 4
1935: Snowflakes are observed across Lower Michigan and Grand Rapids has a record cold high temperature of 42 degrees.
1951: Summer-like weather prevailed with lows in the mid 60s and highs in the 80s. Record highs include 87 degrees at Grand Rapids, 86 at Lansing and 83 at Muskegon.
October 5
2005: Balmy weather prevails across Lower Michigan, especially along the coast of Lake Michigan, where the low temperature for the day at Muskegon is a record warm 70 degrees, followed by a high of 80 degrees.
October 6
1998: A squall line moved across Lower Michigan producing tornadoes, downbursts, and some flooding. A tornado struck Ferris State University in Big Rapids, injuring seven students. Another tornado moved from northern Isabella County into southern Clare County, damaging several homes. Total damage with the storms was more than a million dollars.
October 7
1965: A tornado destroyed a trailer and several outbuildings southeast of Clare in Isabella County.
2007: Temperatures reach record highs as very warm weather prevails across Lower Michigan from the 5th to the 8th. Grand Rapids sets three record highs in a row with temperatures in the upper 80s from the 6th to the 8th.
The sun is now out here. Total rain fall? 0.04″
Slim
Not much of anything here, the parking lot at work got kind of wet, but nothing even registered on my rain gauge. This is the type of dry spell we need in January or February. No snow! Very odd that we had more rain this year in January and February than we’ve had the past couple months combined.
We bested our Sept 7th rainfall total (the last time we had a decent rainfall) this morning with .46 of an inch. The 7th we had .44
We have been getting heavier rain bands through Allegan County over the last 30 minutes or so
Well my driveway is wet, but that is just about it. Total rain fall here at my house so far 0.03″ Still getting a “mist” here the temperature is now down to 68° that is the coolest it has been since yesterday at 9AM. The first half of October looks to be above average temperature wise. Wonder just how long the above average temperatures will last? All winter? that would be nice.
Slim
We had a light sprinkle here late this afternoon. We drove into Grand Rapids today & noticed not much color. The leave on our maple tree are really falling off. Usually color peaks on it around the last week of October this year I don’t think any leaves will still be on it then.
Cloudy and 78° here at my house. Also of note it is very dry in this area not much color on the trees but some trees are losing leaves, however most leaves are still on.
Sim