There has been much talk as to how warm this summer has been. So this week I will take a look and see if there is some kind of trend. Here is what I have found out. In looking at Grand Rapids recorded history. In going back to 1897 (yes, the records go back to…
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Signs of Autumn
I know it will not be too much longer before someone points out that some trees are “already changing color” Well this year due to how dry it had been some trees may start to change color earlier than average and that will happen due to some stress that has happened this year. But that…
Hot Summer!
Several days ago Barry asked how this year stacked up to pass year as far as the number of days of 90 or better. It can be said that for most years Michigan does not see that many days of highs of 90 or better. So for that reason we do not get used to…
August 2018
Wow summer is sure passing fast as we are now into August. And we have entered the last month of meteorological summer. This week I will take a look back at July 2018 and then go over some August averages and records. JULY 2018 July 2018 summery for Grand Rapids. The average H/L was 85.1°/63.7°…
Mackinac Island Ferry storms
With the recent tragic Duck Boat accident in Branson, Missouri I wondered how do the boats that run to Mackinac Island handle storms. Looks like just this year on June 17th a severe storm disrupted the Island’s Lilac Festival. The storm uprooted trees, delayed ferry service to the Island, knocked out power to 5,700…
“Drought vs Heat!
So far this summer we have had a good amount of heat and it has been dry. Now while it has been dry here in parts of Michigan that was not the case earlier in the season to our SW and that may or may not have contributed to the added humidity that we have…
Average growing season across Michigan
We were up in Alpena last week for a funeral and on the trip up on July 4th it was sunny and hot all the way to just west of Alpena. The temperatures were in the low to mid 90’s to east of Atlanta, MI when they dropped into the upper 80’s and then…
The Great Heat Wave
Above is one of the reading at my house on July 6 2012. Here in Michigan the hottest recorded Heat Wave started on July 7th 1936 and lasted until July 18th The heat started off to our west in June, however here in Michigan June 1936 was in some locations much cooler than average. In…
July Heat
In Grand Rapids, the month of July the daily highs are around 83°F throughout the month, rarely exceeding 90°F or dropping below 73°F. The hottest day was 108° on July 14th 1936 2nd place was 106° on July 12th 1936 and in 3rd place is 104° (officially) on July 6th 2012 (I had a unofficial…
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…