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Record low snow winter. Of course, we will not know for sure how much snow this winter will have (as of today it is 9.4”) But at this time the winter of 2020/21 is running very similar to the winter … Continued

50 years ago. This week I will look back 50 years ago at 1971.  In September of 1970 I just started a new job that I would have for the next 36 years. While I did not live in Grand … Continued

La Nina 2020/21 At the current time we are in a strong moderate La Nina. What that means is we are about half way between a moderate La Nina and a strong La Nina. Since 1950 there have been 4 … Continued

Happy perihelion and new year.  Good riddance to 2020 a year that everyone will remember but would rather forget. For December the mean at Grand Rapids was 32.4 that is a departure of +3.2° The high for the month was … Continued

Boxing day I hope everyone had a great Christmas. When Christmas day passes, the celebration continues—at least in some countries. In the UK, as well as a number of other countries that used to be part of the British Empire—such … Continued

Winter Solstice This year the winter solstice is on Monday the 21st at 5:02 AM. At that time Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. The solstice happens at the same instant for all of us, everywhere … Continued

December 1920 Just for the fun of it I thought I would look at the winter season of 1920/21. That winter sort of like this one so far was mild. . Now some would expect that 100 years ago winters … Continued

December and Meteorological Winter You may hate it or love it but either way we are now about to enter meteorological winter. Of course, the months of December, January and February are the coldest months of the year here in … Continued

It was 70 years ago and it was a wild month of November. While earlier then month we had a record setting warm spell. Note some would say “heat wave” but 70 years ago on November 25th was the date … Continued

  November 2020 had the most 70’s days of any November at Grand Rapids. With 6 days of 70 or better 2020 had the most of any November. And was the warmest first 10 days of any November. For the … Continued