Have you ever wondered just how many days during the winter that Grand Rapids has a snow cover? Here in Grand Rapids the mean average seasonal (October to April) will have 70 days with 1” or more, 57 with 2” or more, 47 with 3” or more. 38 with 4” or more, 31 with 5” […]
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the assassination of President Kennedy. This week I will touch on a earlier date that change the course of American history. At 7:55 a.m. HST (12:22 EST) . A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. […]
We are now soon going to flip the calendar to December and the start of the winter season it is now time to look back at some top ten’s for December and some past extreme winters For December the average mean (1981-2010) is 29.2° this is warmer then the 1971-2000 mean of 27.6° The warmest […]
I know that there are many who think that the state of our world is a lot worse today then it was in the past but is it really? In every one’s life there are some dates that stick into your mind for the rest of your life. One of those dates in my mind […]
We are now at the half way point of November 2019 and it sure has been a cold one. Mid month summery. At the half way point one can say this November first half has been cold. At this time the mean temperature at GRR is 32.4° (-10.9°) if this were to hold this would […]
The mid November period has seen some very big storms in the Great Lakes region. Here is a list of some of the storms that have happened in Mid-November . 1913 The White Hurricane One of deadliest weather event in Great Lakes history was the so-called “White Hurricane” of Nov. 9-11, 1913. Synoptically, this storm […]
Before we get into some information on November here is a brief summery of October 2019 at Grand Rapids. The mean was 50.2° that is a departure of -0.8° The high for the month was 77 set on the first and the low was for October a mild 31 set on the 26th There was […]
This past summer there was some talk on how humid it was and if it was more humid then in past summers. At that time I was looking for a site that kept the records for each days dew point. Well I have found a site that does that. It is a slow process as […]
Grand Rapids Climate overviews We all know how we perceive the day to day weather is different for each individual and here is some information on some old studies that were done and one was done right here in Grand Rapids Way back in the day few people had thermometers and as such weather descriptions […]
Fall leaf colors are due to plant pigments in leaves. The colored pigments are the same that produce colors in flowers and fruits. “Chlorophyll” is the pigment responsible for the green color in leaves, and for producing carbohydrates (sugars) plants need for growth. It does this through the process of “photosynthesis”, producing sugars and oxygen […]