Author Archives: Slim

Palm Sunday 1965 Last week I looked at the 1956 tornado outbreak this week I will take a look at the one on Palm Sunday 1965. Palm Sunday in 1965 was on April 11th The spring of 1965 was cold and stormy. … Continued

65 Years ago!!!   April 3, 1956, was one of the wildest days in west Michigan weather history, when a violent tornado tore a path through several West Michigan communities. It was one of several strong tornadoes to hit Michigan … Continued

Just Around the Corner It seems like it was just yesterday that we started meteorological winter and now April is just around the corner. During April Grand Rapids has a increase of about 1 hour and 20 minutes of daylight. … Continued

A blast From the Past Over the years there have been some big snowstorms on or near St Patrick’s day. In 2014 parts of the mid-Atlantic got walloped. Washington, D.C., received 7.2 inches of snow and for Washington that was … Continued

It seems like it was just yesterday that we set the clocks back to winter time and now it is time to reset them (the clocks) to summer time. There was a time when Michigan was on EST time for … Continued

Thunderstorms. While it is only March it is not too early to think about thunderstorms. It seems to me that the number and intensity of storms has been down the last few years. Any way here is some information on … Continued

  On Monday we will flip the calendar to March and the start of meteorological spring. While some like the snow and cold of winter I like the warmth of late spring and summer. That is by far my favorite … Continued

Warm February Days From time to time there has been talk of the trend for “short” winters lately. In looking at past history there have been very few winters where it has been cold from the start to the end. … Continued

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 … Continued

43rd North Grand Rapids and Flint are two Michigan cities that are near the 43rd parallel north. I used the 43rd as I live at 43.05 north The elevation is 640.  This week I will look at several cities around … Continued