Yesterday we rose to 73.1° in Otsego with partly cloudy skies. I put out the rest of the lawn furniture and the fire pit and finished mowing. Starting to look a lot like summer. I consider myself lucky I live in the country during the Corvid pandemic with lots of woods and animals to keep me company along with my wife. I can’t imagine being caught in the city or an apartment during this time.
The tulips are blooming along with my quince bush which put out a lot of red flowers this spring. We have a few daffodils flowering also.
We live in a nice neighborhood with friendly people which we can talk to with proper social distancing of course. Just about all of us on our road have dogs so not much happens without a dog barking to keep us aware that something is moving outside. It has finally dried out enough to take our lab out for walks, time for all of us to lose a bit of weight gained over the winter.
Today will be another great spring day with sunny skies and warm temperatures – enjoy it because temps will drop 10° tomorrow.
Have a great Sunday!
Possible record breaking cold by the end of this week! Get ready!
Yes my father-in-law started a outside project today I told him by the end of the week he will be outside in his Winter coat working on it lol…INDY
I am going to go and cut the grass. At this time it is officially 67 at the airport and here at my house I now have 70.
Slim
If it does snow next Friday/Saturday, I would have to imagine it would be one of the latest snowfalls recorded for GR.
While it is somewhat uncommon for it to snow in May it has happened in the past. And this may come as a surprise but the dates of next weekend May 8 thru the 10 have the highest snow fall records for Grand Rapids recorded history. For May 8 the record is just a trace and that has happened in 1980, 1954 and 1947. Now for May 9 the record is 5.5” that fell in 1923 and for May 10 the record is also 5.5” and that fell in 1902. The lasts snow fall at Grand Rapids that I can… Read more »
I have had snow on my birthday a few times MAY 14th loved it …..INDY
There has been a reported trace of snow fall twice on May 14th once in 2016 and in 1953. The temperatures were in the 40’s so the snow did not stick.
Slim
I had a big party 2016 remember it like yesterday snow on and off all day but the fire was hot thank goodness!! INDY
Hey, that’s my sister’s birthday!
Bright and awesome morning today! Walked a couple miles down the country roads here, extra quiet today. Only seen 1 car go by, zero wind, just extra peaceful. Had a big fire last night with some of the family, keeping our distance of course. Still smoking this morning.
Yesterday was a great day for early May. And today is looking great as well.
Slim
This weather has been absolutely perfect! And I see temps have been raised for much of next week. 55-60 most of the days now according to WOOD. Last May we saw plenty of high temps in the 40’s to mid 50’s, so not too unusual.
We will take more below average temps YES!! Love it..INDY
We will have to see how next weekend ends up. Last year while there were 9 days that did not get above 60 for the month the low for the whole month at Grand Rapids was just 38. Will see how next weekend compares after Mother’s day. Remember that is the NWS calling for the cold weekend not me. We shall see.
Slim
What talking about snow on on a WEATHER blog in the month of May ohhh boy undrer the rock just got a bit more tighter lol… Have a super Sunday!!!! INDYDOG ruff ruffffff..
Now here are the cold records for next weekend at Grand Rapids. For Friday the 8th the coldest maximum is 41 set in 1947 and the record low is 27 set in 1976. For Saturday the record coldest maximum is 43 set in 1960 and the record low is 23 set in 1947. And for Sunday the record coldest maximum is 47 set in 1947 and the coldest low is 22 set in 1966. I brought this up because of this from the NWS “IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT BASED ON SPC SOUNDING DATA HISTORY, THE COLDEST 850 TEMP IN… Read more »
Yesterday was a great day for early May. And while today also looks to be a good day weather wise that may not be the case next weekend. While things still could change but at this time it looks like next weekend could be near record cold. And there is a chance of some snow as well.
Slim
Everybody was outside yesterday. It was nice catching up with neighbors – from a safe distance, of course. My face and arms are a little pink today. Have a great day, everyone!