We currently have 78° here at the Weather Center at 6 am. I would have to say this is the warmest overnight low we have had in quite some time. Our master historian Slim could probably verify this. Radar currently … Continued
I believe we have more than made up for our cooler wet spring with the heat we have seen this summer thus far. We haven’t had much in the way of severe weather and the main headline has been the … Continued
The rain has ended in the Otsego/Plainwell area. We had .34 of an inch overnight bringing our total for the month to 1.48 inches. Last year at this time we had .96 of an inch through the 16th of July. … Continued
Thanks to Barry for providing the graphic for the comet Neowise in yesterday’s post. It will be visible through July 23rd before you need binoculars or a telescope. After that, it won’t be visible again for 6800 years. I hope … Continued
Looking at the data from the National Hurricane Center I see nothing of note in the Atlantic, Central, or Eastern Pacific with the exception of a small tropical depression off the western coast of Mexico. Pretty boring stuff for those … Continued
We are now losing a minute and 30 seconds of daylight as we approach mid-month. As we get into early August we lose 2 minutes per day then it is all downhill from there. Solar noon is now 1:48 pm. … Continued
After temps in the mid-80s to near 90, today will be refreshing. There are a few showers and storm cells coming off the lake this morning between Holland and Michigan City traveling to the Southeast. At this point, it appears … Continued
We have just had the heat wave of 2020 but lets take a look back at a Heat Wave that set many record highs in much of the US. The “Dust Bowl” years of 1930-36 brought some of the hottest … Continued
