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July

Here are some averages and past history for the month of July. July of course is generally (but not always) the warmest month of the year here at Grand Rapids. In 1971, 2009 and 2014 June was warmer then July and in 1900, 1937, 1974 and 1959 August was warmer then July. During the month […]

The 1991 Derecho

Many of you remember the derecho of May 1998 but there was another major derecho that struck Michigan in July of 1991. Unlike this year May and June of 1991 was very hot and that continued into July as well. The first week of July 1991 seen temperatures in the mid to upper 80’s then […]

Is Grand Rapids getting warmer????

I know that not many days go by with some post on how warm Grand Rapids has gotten on one or more days. And in the winter time there are also many days of how much snow has or will fall or how cold it has or will become. So l thought it would be […]

Thoughts and Prayers for MV and family

While our thoughts and prayers are with MV and his family I will do todays post for him. With Sunday and the first part of Monday being so cloudy I looked to see how May was in that department and lo and behold May 2019 was the 3rd cloudiest May in Grand Rapids history. Grand […]

Summers warm and cold

We are now into the start of the summer season. According to weather lore by June 10th plant growth is at the same point evey year no matter if it’s a cold start to the growing season or a warm start. Here in Grand Rapids the average mean temperature over the summer season (June, July, […]

Summer

First off I have some sad news to report.  MV’s mom passed yesterday afternoon. We are now in meteorological summer we use the 3 full month periods for each of the 4 seasons instead of the calendar start for each season because it is easier to keep records. The summer solstice this year is on […]

38 Minutes of Horror

Sunday, May 22, 2011. That afternoon was hot and humid in Joplin, Missouri. At 5:17 pm. on May 22, 2011, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the Joplin, Missouri, area. Within 20 minutes a large and powerful tornado would plow through the city. At 5:34 p.m. a tornado touched down west of […]

Dark May day 1780

For several days before May 19, 1790 many people had noticed unusual activity in the skies over New England. Spring was late that year and one of the most bitterly cold winters on record has ende and while the air was now warmer, it was also thick and heavy. The sun had taken on a […]

The Three Chilly Saints

Mamertus, Pancras, and Gervais were three early Christian saints. Because their feast days, on May 11, 12, and 13th. According to folklore The period from May 12 to May 15 was noted to bring a brief spell of colder weather in many years, including the last nightly frosts of the spring. In Poland and the […]

Weather Information communication

Growing up in the east side of the state my interest in weather and weather forecasting was started in 1960 after the September 1, 1960 storm the rolled thru Bay City. During the 1960 most of my weather information came thru books and the forecast came thur short spots on local radio stations. WTAC in […]