The end of September was warm with highs of 70 and 79 on the 29th and 30th. October had the warmest start to any October at Grand Rapids and for much of Michigan. It was the 1st time that the 1st 4 days of October all had highs of 80 or better. Several record highs […]
The average mean temperature for October at Grand Rapids is 51.5 the record warmest October was in 1900 with a mean of 59.1. That October had 4 days in a row with highs in the mid 80’s. The record coldest October was in 1925 with a mean of 42.9. That October had 4 days in […]
We are heading toward at least a strong El Nino and maybe even a very strong El Nino. What will this mean for our upcoming winter season? Here is a video on what we could expect from a strong El Nino. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbLxRfNF-jE In the video you can see that in most of the past strong […]
There has been some discussion as to “why” Grand Rapids has been cooler compared to average in the last couple of years. One comparison is between Grand Rapids and Lansing. I know that Lansing in the past has been cooler than they are now. It looks like they moved the sensor location from a “colder […]
This week I will look at some off the wall weather events in the past. September 9th 1921 – A dying tropical depression unloaded 38.2 inches of rain upon the town of Thrall in southeastern Texas killing 224 persons. 36.4 inches fell in 18 hours. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) 1944 – The “”Great Atlantic Hurricane”” […]
Where did summer go? Yesterday we not only flipped the calendar to September we also are now at the start of meteorological autumn. I know there are some people that do not like the warmer temperature and high humidity of summer and look forward toward the fall season. While others like the cold and snow […]
Will the winter of 2023/24 be a warm and dry one?. Here in Michigan during a strong El Nino the trend is for a warmer and dryer winter season. It also should be noted that the Atlantic Ocean surface water temperature is also warmer than average at this time. The global weather system is complex, […]
The SW Michian weather history has this for August 17. August 17 1988: It is the last hot day of the hot and dry summer of 1988. Record highs were set at Grand Rapids with 98 degrees, Lansing with 95, and Muskegon with 93. Thirteen of the first seventeen days of August had highs over […]
We now have just 3 weeks of meteorological summer left so I will look at how this summer has played out so far. Here is where west Michigan stands so far as to how many days, we have had of highs 90 or better. At Grand Rapids so far there have been 9 days in […]
When I was young one of the big events in August and early September was going to Michigan fairs. I have not been to a fair in a long time but here is a list of some of the fairs in Michigan in August. Northwestern Michigan Fair & 4-H Competition Sun, Aug 6 – Sat, Aug 12 […]