Slim and I are moving on to Substack, and this site will be gone on June 1st after eight years. First of all, I would like to thank Slim for all those years filling in for me on occasion and for his weekly Saturday posts. He has been a great asset to this site. Secondly,…
Michigan Weather Forecast
Thursday Forecast – 5/29
Note: Saturday, Slim will provide our last post on this site. We will be transferring to Substack—the links are in the sidebar. Weather History 1895: The second heat wave of the month gets underway with record highs of 94 degrees at Grand Rapids and Lansing. 1947: Muskegon records its latest snow on record as some…
Chance of Rain – 5/28
Note: Saturday, Slim will provide our last post on this site. We will be transferring to Substack—the links are in the sidebar. Weather History 1955: A series of tornadoes put down an intermittent damage path more than 60 miles long from near Schoolcraft in Kalamazoo County to east of Grand Ledge in Eaton County. One…
Tuesday Forecast – 5/27
Note: Saturday will be our last post on this site. We will be transferring to Substack—the links are in the sidebar. Weather History 1907: Wet snowflakes fall at Grand Rapids and Muskegon. It is the latest snow on record at Grand Rapids. 1912: A tornado destroyed barns and killed livestock near East Leroy in Calhoun…
Memorial Day Forecast – 5/26
Weather History 1961: Snow flurries are observed across Lower Michigan as record-cold air moves in. Temperatures fall well below freezing the next morning, wiping out much of the fruit crop. On May 26, 1968, 2.56 inches of rainfall fell in Detroit. This is the greatest daily rainfall total for the month of May in Detroit….
Weather Forecast – 5/25
Reminder This site will shut down on May 31, mainly due to the expenses of running this site and increasing attacks from foreign actors from the Far East. We are all on Substack, you can find the links in the sidebar. Weather History 1925: Lansing records its latest snow on record as snowflakes fall there…
Memorial Weekend – 5/23
Reminder This site will shut down in ten days, mainly due to the expenses of running this site and increasing attacks from foreign actors from the far east. We are all on Substack, you can find the links in the sidebar. Weather History 1966: A barn was destroyed by a tornado near Gobles in Van…
Improving Conditions 5/22
Weather History 1917: Cold rain mixes with snow, and temperatures rise only to the lower 40s after morning lows in the lower 30s. 1963: Snowflakes fall at Lansing as morning low temperatures in the 30s only rise to the mid and upper 40s. On May 22, 1883, a very late-season snowstorm hit Detroit, accumulating five…
Chance of Showers & Cool 5/21
Weather History 2001: A swarm of at least 20 tornadoes descends on Lower Michigan. Fortunately, most of the tornadoes are relatively weak, and only five people were injured. Damage included dozens of trees downed, barns blown over, and roof and siding damage to several homes. Three homes and a golf course were heavily damaged north…
Rain Likely Today 5/20
Weather History 1975: A tornado injured one person as it destroyed two mobile homes at Byron Center in Kent County. 1977: The last half of May is unusually warm. Record high temperatures in the upper 80s and lower 90s are set across Lower Michigan from the 16th to the 28th. This helps make it the…