Welcome to 2022 With the simple drop of the ball if you will we now head into a new year. I would like to take this time to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. Here is a fun fact. “Auld Lang Syne” has its origins in the Scottish language, which explains why so […]
Merry Christmas Christmas will be green this year here in Grand Rapids. But how and why has snow became associated with Christmas? Here is some information as to why snow is associated with Christmas. So, while we will be dreaming of a white Christmas this year here is some information as to how snow became […]
Back when I was a kid one of the family traditions, we had was decorating the Christmas tree on December 18th. Ok some years it might have been a day or two before the 18th but the 18 was the day on most years. That was the day my mother’s family had handed […]
Yesterdays official H/L at Grand Rapids was 47/25. That gave GR a departure of +11 for the day. There was no rain or snow yesterday. For the month GR now has a departure of +2.0 Grand Rapids is now below average in both the total precipitation and snow fall for December. For today expect showers […]
Yesterday was kind of a rare December day here in west Michigan. There was 100% of sunshine and warm temperatures. The official high here in Grand Rapids was 47 it is not too often we have sunny and warm days in December. The forecast for today is for partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with […]
I am filling in for MV. Yesterday MV mother-in-law passed away our thoughts and Prayers go out to MV and his family. On the weather front yesterday after Saturdays wind event was a sunny and very mild December day and that will repeat itself today. The official high at Grand Rapids was 47 and the […]
Are Winters Getting Less Snow? The last two winters West Michigan has seen less snow and have been mostly warmer than average. In looking back at the last 10 winters at Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Lansing. 6 have seen below average snow fall and 4 have seen above average snow falls. And while this […]
December 7 Unfortunately, there are some days that become historical in ways that are not always good. Such as 9/11, November 22, 1963 April 4, 1968, June 5, 1968. And or course December 7, 1941. With Pearl Harbor day next Tuesday here is some information on that sad day. At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, […]
December and Meteorological Winter You may hate it or love it but either way we are now about to enter meteorological winter. Of course, the months of December, January and February are the coldest months of the year here in west Michigan. In most winters they are the months with the most snow fall. Records […]
Thanksgiving extremes Since 1941 the official date for Thanksgiving in the US is the 4th Thursday of November so the day can be between November 22nd The next time It will be on the 22nd will be in 2029 and the latest date is November 28th the next time that will happen is in 2024. […]