Indian Summer In the fall, it seems that almost any warm day is referred to as Indian Summer. Just where did the term come from? You may hear the term used to refer to any period of unseasonably warm weather in autumn, but traditionally, “Indian summer” referred to something more specific. Here are the criteria for Indian summer. […]
A triple dip La Nina At this point it looks like the upcoming winter will a have so called triple dip La Nina. What that means is it will be the 3rd winter in a row with La Nina conditions. Now what will that mean for the winter season? Well back in their September 15th […]
First/Last We are now one week into the month of October and as there will be a number of seasonal first and lasts. I thought it would be a good time to look at some average dates along with the earliest and latest dates for some for some events. First off, the first of the […]
Welcome to October! At Grand Rapids the average 30 year mean for October is 51.5° there is a average of 4.02” of rain and melted snow fall. The average snow fall is 0.3” The record high at Grand Rapids is 89 way back on October 1st 1897 in more recent times it reached 88 on […]
Right on clue we jumped into autumnal equinox with a big cool down and now have settled into a much cooler weather pattern. While we very much could see some warm days ahead we can say that we have turned the corner and the days will be getting shorter (as related to daylight) We have […]
A Winter Guess It is now mid-September, and it is time for a first winter 2022/23 winter guess well sort of. The Old Farmers Almanac is now out and their winter 2022/23 guess. For the upcoming winter according to the Almanac our area will be colder than average (for them is that new?) The coldest […]
The Flood of 1986 September, being somewhat of a transition month between summer and fall, generally brings a taming of the summer heat and thunderstorms. Normal rainfall amounts drop off from the summer maximum and the weather, often, goes into more of a tranquil period before the fall storms begin to rage. But […]
Meteorological Fall We have now put meteorological summer behind us and have now entered the fall season. The next few weeks there is still a chance of some warm days but after the 15th to the 20th there will be a noticeable decline in both daylight and temperatures. Here are some averages for Grand Rapids […]
The Last Days of Summer We now have just a few days left before the end of meteorological summer and the start of meteorological fall. The average high/low at Grand Rapids starts out today at 79.6/59.6 and over the next 5 days drops to 78.8/58.6 a drop of almost one degree. That will only increase […]
The question was asked as to what weather conditions make for a good color season. So as we begin to turn our attention to fall campfires, cool nights and hopefully some spectacular fall color displays. So what makes for good fall color? Here in Michigan the abundance of hardwood forested landscapes with a mixture of maples, […]