Author: MichaelV (Otsego)

Weather History 1976: Winter returns after summer-like weather the week before. After four days in the 80s from the 15th to the 18th, temperatures are held in the 30s today and heavy wet snow falls. Lansing sets a record for the date with 4 inches of snow, as does Grand Rapids with 3 inches. On…

Weather History 1980: Only two days after setting record highs in the 80s, a record snowfall blankets Lower Michigan. Grand Rapids sets a record for the date with 2.4 inches of snow, after hitting 86 degrees on the 22nd. On April 24, 2005, a three-day snowstorm swept across Southeast Lower Michigan, dropping 16.5 inches of…

Weather History 1968: A tornado struck Big Rapids in Mecosta County, injuring 11 people and doing half a million dollars in damage as it covered a path 10 miles long. 1986: Freezing weather prevails across Lower Michigan. Record cold temperatures for the date include the 19 degrees at Muskegon and 20 degrees at Grand Rapids…

Weather History 1976: A tornado damaged several homes northeast of Burlington in Calhoun County. On April 22, 1875, Detroit’s record low temperature was 20 degrees. The day before, on the 21st, Detroit had another record low of 21 degrees. Forecast Discussion We begin a warming trend today in the 60s and in the 70s tomorrow…

Note: I have decided to close this site at the end of May. You can join Slim and me on Substack. Weather History 1923: A tornado struck three miles west of Scottville in Mason County. It destroyed an unoccupied home and carried pieces of it over a mile. 1967: A tornado outbreak hits from Missouri…

This is one of the few years that Orthodox and Catholic/Protestant Easters fall on the same day.  While Western Easter, celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church and most Protestant churches, falls on the first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox (March 22 to April 25), Orthodox Easter, celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox…

Weather History 1880: A tornado struck Chester, in Eaton County, where barns were destroyed and livestock were killed. The tornado leveled A quarter-mile-wide swath of trees in a forest. On April 18, 1975, 2.69 inches of precipitation fell in Flint, the maximum precipitation record for the month of April. Forecast Discussion – Much warmer with…

We will see high temperatures in the mid-60s today and the mid-70s tomorrow. Storm Forecast Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible from the parts of the Great Lakes to the southern Great Plains, mainly during the late afternoon Friday into Friday night. Large hail and isolated severe gusts will be the main hazards with this activity….

Weather History 1961: 6 to 12 inches of snow fall across southwest Lower Michigan. The storm drops 12.2 inches at Grand Rapids, the heaviest April snowfall on record there. On April 16th, 2018, Flint exceeded its all-time record snowfall of 83.9″ set in the winter of 2013-2014. A light snow accumulation of 0.2″ put the…

Weather History 1943: Temperatures plunge into the teens as snowflakes swirl in the arctic winds. Record lows include 16 degrees at Muskegon and 18 degrees at Grand Rapids. 2002: A four day stretch of record warm weather peaks across Lower Michigan with Grand Rapids hitting 86 degrees and Lansing 84. 2018: A late season winter…