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 […]
After the fog burns off this morning the sun will make its grand appearance after the clouds were sluggish to move out of the state yesterday. We did manage to make it to 76° yesterday with the brief peeks of the sun throughout the day, the low was 63°. The rest of the week will […]
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 […]
Hard to believe but here we are once again at the end of Met summer, (Astronomical summer ends on September 22). Our warmest day was 94° on June 13th, we had seven days that were 90° or better. (These are Otsego temps). We had two major storms which moved through the area this summer knocking […]
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 […]
Yesterday our high temp was 78° and the low was 52° with mostly sunny skies. We expect more sun today with warmer temps with a few afternoon thunderstorms developing mainly near and northeast of Mount Pleasant. Increased coverage in the showers and thunderstorms is possible Thursday as a wave of low-pressure tracks into the Great […]
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, […]
Hard to believe we have only two weeks left of Met summer. I am four years into retirement from the workforce and the time just flies by – seems the older I get the faster it goes… Sunrise today is 6:53 and sunset is 8:43 pm which gives us13 hours and 50 minutes of daylight. […]
Travel Michigan I thought it would be a great idea from time to time look at a Michigan city or area and post some information on that city and or area and look at some of the weather that city enjoys (or must live with) This week I thought I would start out with the […]
Yesterday was a very pleasant 79° with low humidity, the low was 60°. We currently have 56.5° at 6 am in Otsego. Sunrise is 6:45 and the sun sets at 8:53 pm giving us 14 hours and 7 minutes of daylight today. Skies will be mostly sunny today with highs in the lower 80s in […]