The above pictures were taken in January 2014 We will not have a typical January thaw this year. In fact I looked back to 2000 to see just how often and by how much was there a thaw if any in those years 2000….
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Michigan Weather 9000 BC to 1863
When I mention weather records I like to use the term “recorded history” and the reason for that is most weather records in Michigan (and most of the rest of the United States) only go back to the later 1880’s. Here in Michigan we have one location (Lansing) that goes back to 1863 while Detroit…
2018 review
2018 is now in the history books. The year seen some wild swings in the temperatures but not so much for big storms. In fact there were few thunderstorms for the year and the biggest snow storms of the year were 4.7” on February 4th and 4.8” on November 26th The lowest temperature of…
A look at New Years and January averages
Looking NE on Aruba. With New Years eve and day coming up this week, Here is a little weather history for New Years eve and New Years day here in Grand Rapids. For December 31st Warmest 60° in 1965. Coldest -14° in 1976. Warmest minimum 45° in 2010 Coldest maximum 12° in 2017….
A Top Ten December???
The pictures above were taken in North Carolina this was just north of Charlotte North Carolina. The guy at the Arbys said they had over 10″ of snow that is a lot for that area. It looks like there is a good chance that this December will be a top ten in the least…
Top winter storms
I have lived in 3 locations in my life time (Alpena, Michigan. Bay City, Michigan and Grand Rapids, Michigan). In my very early life time I live in Alpena, Michigan I was very young and of course I did not keep any kind of records from back then. We moved to Bay City Michigan…
Welcome to December & Winter 2018/19
As we flip the calendar to December and the start of the winter season it is now time to look back at some top ten’s for December and some past extreme winters First for December. The ten coldest Decembers here at Grand Rapids with the mean temp and year. The normal average for December is…
Michigan vs Ohio State!!!
As we get ready for todays game I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the Snow Bowl game of 1950 November 1950 was a wild month in our area. The month started off with the warmest day in recorded Grand Rapids history when the high reached 81 on November…
Deer Season
Growing up in Bay City and Alpena the start of the regular firearm deer season was always a big day. In Alpena, it was being careful while out in the yard and the hearing of gun shots all day long, In Bay City it was watching the traffic on first us 23 and us 10…
Gales of November
Gales of November The mid November period has seen some very big storms in the Great Lakes region. Here is a list of some of the storms that have happened in Mid-November . 1913 The White Hurricane One of deadliest weather event in Great Lakes history was the so-called “White Hurricane” of Nov. 9-11, 1913….