We are about to put 2023 into the history book and turn over to 2024. Some weather history for New years Eve and New Years Day at Grand Rapids. The average H/L for Grand Rapids on December 31st is 33.6/21.3 and for January 1st it is 32.4/21.0. The record high for December 31st is 60…
Merry Christmas!!! The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 51/43 there was no rain/snow. For December Grand Rapids has a total of just 1.3” of snowfall that is -14.2” below average for this date. For the season so far just 3.2” has fallen and that is now -19.7 below average. Yesterdays low of 43…
Here is some weather history for Christmas Eve and Christmas day at Grand Rapids. The average H/L for both days is 34/23. For Christmas Eve the Coldest highs on record are 7 in 1983, 13 in 1989, 14 in 1990, 16 in 2004, 17 in 2022, 19 in 2013 and 20 in 1969. The coldest…
We are at the halfway point of December 2023 and at this time the snowfall drought continues. There is a good chance of lake effect snow on Monday and some locations will receive a good snowfall. But the wind direction is not favorable for Grand Rapids. If GR gets less the less than an inch…
Winters since 1950 by decade. There has been some discussion as to how winters now compared to what they were in years past. Is there less snow? Are they shorter? And are they warmer? This week I have looked at each decade going back to the winter of 1949/50 to see how the average snowfall,…
You may hate it or love it but either way we have now entered meteorological winter. Of course, the months of December, January and February on average are the coldest months of the year here in west Michigan. In most winters they are the months with the most snow fall. Records have been kept here…
With clear skies the temperature fell to 23 here in MBY and that is the current reading here as well. We are now just past mid-month so it is time to take a mid-month summary. At Grand Rapids the 1st 16 days have a mean of 44.9 that is +2.7 above average. The high for…
Today is Veterans Day so please take a moment to say thanks to all of our vets. They have been called many things – “November Gales”, “White Hurricanes”, and “Freshwater Furies.” Whatever you call them, they are powerful Great Lakes storms, sometimes with hurricane-force winds, that feed off the relatively warm Great Lakes water. Since the…
I know a lot of people do not like the time change but none the less tonight is the night we change the time to what I like to call “Winter Time” so don’t forget to change clocks that do not change by themselves one hour back. MV does a weather history post each week….
First off, I will take a look at the weather history for Halloween. At Grand Rapids the average high/low for Halloween is 54/38. The record high of 79 was set in 1950, it has reached 70 or better in 10 years, the last time was in 1981. The coldest maximum of 32 was set…