March 8 1943: Grand Rapids plummets to 13 below zero, the coldest ever recorded in March there. This caps a very cold period during the first ten days of the month, where four days had lows at or below zero at Grand Rapids. 2000: Temperatures soar into the upper 70s across Lower Michigan, with some […]
The Kalamazoo River basin, situated between the Grand and St. Joseph rivers in southwest Michigan, is the seventh largest river basin in Michigan. The river begins as a spring fed pond in northern Hillsdale County and flows in a northerly arc through the cities of Albion and Battle Creek. The river flows west to Kalamazoo […]
Yesterday we hit 63.9° with mostly sunny skies. Currently, we have 53.1° at 6 am. Doesn’t get much better than that for early spring. Yesterday I started the series on watersheds in Michigan. I continue today with the Grand Rapids watershed. The Grand River watershed includes the Grand River, which at 260 miles is Michigan’s […]
We have had some nice weather as of late, especially on the weekends when it is most needed for our enjoyment. With the drier pattern, we have had a chance to dry out the soggy ground and give the inland lakes and rivers a chance to fall a bit as they drain into the great […]
Yes, it is that time of the year again when we have to set all of our analog clocks ahead one hour. Most of the digital timepieces do it on their own via the atomic clock in Boulder Colorado. By measuring the oscillation of atoms, atomic clocks remain precise, but they’re not perfect. They experience […]
This is the time of year I become restless and eager to start outside projects. I have two porches and a shed to build this spring. I love this kind of work working with wood and tools. I prefer to do these things myself as contractors can be expensive. I used to do roofs but […]
After the deadly tornado outbreak in Tennesee Monday night, I figured it is time to post an article on the history of the deadliest in the U.S. plus some other stats. Matt Suter of Fordland, Missouri holds the record for the longest-known distance traveled by anyone picked up by a tornado and survive. On March […]
Not much to say about our forecast today as we continue with our fairly boring pattern through the rest of the week, no storms snow or thunder in the near future anyway. We do anticipate a warming trend into the 50s this weekend. Another trend towards springtime is the delivery of various seed catalogs in […]
Our official high yesterday was 53.2° with a low of 40.3° at 6 am this morning. One would think that winter could be over or that we are being lulled into a false sense of security. In case you didn’t notice the spring colors are the theme of the site now as I suspect we […]
People have used observable periodic natural phenomena to mark time for thousands of years. The natural rotation of Earth around the sun forms the basis for the astronomical calendar, in which we define seasons with two solstices and two equinoxes. Earth’s tilt and the sun’s alignment over the equator determine both the solstices and equinoxes. […]