Yesterday we had a high of 80° and the low was 59°. We have an extended quiet period of pleasant weather in store with cool nights and warm days. The next chance of showers comes next Tuesday night.
NWS Forecast
Weather History
1952: Thunderstorms with heavy downpours resulted in flooding of basements and some streets across West Michigan.
On July 18, 2011, hot and humid conditions gave way to a batch of thunderstorms, with over 20 reports of severe weather across Metro Detroit. The severe reports included a blowdown with dozens of trees snapped northwest of Monroe with winds up to 80 mph. Unfortunately, there was also one weather-related fatality when the high thunderstorm winds knocked down a power line onto a man in Detroit.
On July 18, 2010, A weak EF0 tornado hit Lighthouse County Park in Huron County. The tornado touched down at 1011 PM with maximum winds of 80 mph. The total path length was estimated at 2 miles, with a maximum width of 75 yards. Numerous trees were blown down, one of which fell onto a camper. Roof damage was also observed at one home.
Also on July 18, 1942, the overnight temperature dropped to only 80 degrees. This is the highest record maximum low temperature ever recorded in Detroit and ties the records set on July 1, 1931, and July 5, 1921.
Forecast Discussion
- Fair weather through Friday High pressure will continue to build in from the northwest today and bring fair and pleasant wx with high temps in the 70s today and comfortable humidity levels. It will be clear and cool tonight with mins mainly in the low to mid 50s along with a few upper 40s readings in typically cooler locations over our north/ne fcst area. Short range guidance time height rh progs and fcst soundings suggest skies will become partly cloudy Friday with sct-bkn fair wx cu developing late morning and afternoon. It will be several degrees milder Friday as winds become southwesterly. Max temps will reach the upper 70s to lower 80s. - Dry/pleasant weather continues through the weekend Continued sfc ridging and dry air mass keeps the fcst dry/partly cloudy through the weekend although guidance continues to suggest a few isolated pop-up showers are possible Sunday afternoon in mainly northeast Lwr MI but including the Clare/Mt Pleasant areas. - Widely scattered showers and storms return next week For next week the general theme looks to be for daily, mainly diurnally driven, pop-up showers and storms-- peaking in the late afternoon/evening hours. This is due to weak troughing aloft and a slight increase in sfc dew pts and PWATs. Coverage on Monday and Tuesday still looks isolated (and mainly inland from Lk MI), but pops eventually creep up a bit by Wednesday and Thursday as an upper low drops in from the northwest (40-50 pops/scattered coverage). Deep layer shear remains on the low side so storms should be mainly of the pulse type and favoring any low level convergence zones such as the lake breeze during pk heating.
Middle of July and it’s 73 degrees outside in my hood bonus! INDY
Great July weather! Keep the below normal temps and low dew points rocking! Incredible!
Had the windows open overnight and slept like a log. Gorgeous weather right now.
The overnight low here in MBY was a cool 55 at the current time it is clear and 58.
Slim
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 81/61 there was a trace of rainfall. The sun was out 77% of the time. The highest wind gust was 31MPH out of the N. For today the average H/L is 83/63 the record high of 101 was set in 1894 the coldest high was 68 in 1914 the record low was 47 in 1924 the record warmest low of 79 was in 1947. The most rainfall of 2.15” fell in 1969.
Slim