Summer Heat Advisories With the recent hot weather we had this past week I will post some information on different summer heat issues. Heat Advisory Issued within 12 hours of the onset of the following conditions: heat index of at least 105°F but less than 115°F for less than 3 hours per day, or nighttime […]
Average Hot and Cold. While this year June has started off with below average temperatures it has not been nearly as cool as the coldest Junes in the past. And it has been a far cry from the warmest Junes in the past. The average 30 year mean for June at Grand Rapids is […]
With the boating season now started here is some information on small craft advisories. June weather lore and summer time frost and freezes. A Small Craft Advisory is issued by coastal and Great Lakes Weather Forecast Offices for areas included in the Coastal Waters Forecast or Nearshore Marine Forecasts. Thresholds governing the issuance of small […]
June and Meteorological Summer We are now about to jump into June and the start of meteorological summer. Before we do just a short note on the anniversary of the 1998 derecho that blew thru here on May 31st Note this is the 24th anniversary not the 23rd https://www.woodtv.com/weather/bills-blog/the-famous-derecho-of-may-31-1998/ JUNE June is of course the […]
Summer Weather Events First off, I am glad that Kyle is safe and sound after his close encounter with the tornado up in Gaylord. It looks like there was a lot of damage along M 32 in town. One of my youngest son’s friends lives in Gaylord my son has not heard anything from him […]
May Heat Wave While I do not generally consider a period of very warm weather in May to be a Heat Wave there is a good case to be made for one in 1977, 1962, 1987, 1991 And 2018. Unlike this year when May started out below average May 1977 started out warm. The first […]
Growing season We are in the 2022 growing season. Well let’s hope we are done with killing frost for this year ifferent areas have much different planting times. In Michigan we have cold winters and sometimes late springs, depending on which part of the state you live in. Timing for warm-season, cool-season, and tender […]
Recently there has been some discussion as to why the mean at Grand Rapids has been cooler than several other locations in Southern Michigan recently. Here is the letter that I wrote. Dear Sir or Madam, I post on a local weather blog https://michigan-weather-center.org/ And on out blog there have been some who have […]
With it now being late April, it is now time to look at some last/first dates. The readings I will look at are the last hard freeze using 28° the last 32° low and the last 37° low (that is the upper limit for frost) and then the 1st 70 high and 1st 75 […]
Warmest/Coldest This April so far has been on the cool and wet side, it will not end up as either the coldest or warmest April of record so far at Grand Rapids However, I thought I would look at the warmest and coldest Aprils in Grand Rapids history this week. The warmest April at Grand […]