First and Lasts!

First and Lasts!

First and Lasts

As we are now past the half way mark of September 2020 I thought it would be a good time to take a look as some upcoming first and last events. The average last 90° day at Grand Rapids is August 23^rd the earliest last one was on June 10, 2000 the latest was on September 29, 1953. 1951 and 2014 did NOT have a day officially reach 90 at Grand Rapids. Last year the last day was July 20^th and this year GR had 16 days of 90 or better with the last one on August 26^th The average last 85° day is September 14^th the earliest was on August 12, 1989 and the latest was on October 21, 1953. Last year the last one was on September 21^st The average last 80° day at Grand Rapids is September 30^th the earliest was on August 28, 1918 the latest was on November 1, 1950 Last year it was on September 30^th The average last 75° day at GR is October 13^th the earliest was September 15, 1981 the Latest was on November 6, 1975 Last year it was on October 1^st The average last 70 day is October 24^th the earliest was October 1^st 1925 and the latest was November 23, 1931 last year to was on October 10^th

The 1^st 32° low that will signal the end of the growing season. Before I get to that I will remind everyone that the last 32° low last spring was on May 13^th and while there was a green up Grand Rapids also had lows of 26 on May 9^th and lows of 29 on the 8^th and 12^th So the official start of the 2020 growing season was on May 14^th At Grand Rapids the average first low of 32 is on October 13^th The earliest was September3, 1946. The Latest was November 14, 1918. Last year it was on October 18^th For a killing frost of 28 the average is October 28^th The earliest was on September 23, 1974 and the latest was on November 29, 1948 Last year it was on November 5^th

For a hard freeze of 25 the average is November 8^th the earliest was on October 3, 1974. The latest was on December 23, 2001 (talk about late) Last year it was on November 6^th

And for snow fall. The average that the first 1” snow fall occurs on is November 19^th the earliest 1” snow fall was on October 12, 2006 the latest was on December 23, 2011. Last year it was on November 11^th

For a 3” snow fall the average first one is on December 5^th the earliest one was on October 19, 1989 the latest was on March 16, 1949 Last year it was on November 11^th when 5.5” of snow fell.

This past week we had a lot of high-level smoke and that made the sky look a pale milky white on several days. It more than likely also held the daytime temperature down.

Slim

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Rocky (Rockford)

Cold cold cold! Lows in the 30’s again! Wow!

Sandy (Hudsonville)

It went down to 38 here last night. The house feels pretty chilly in the house this morning. It is so nice to see the sun it helps warm it up some. It’s a great day to cut back some of my flowers that are done for the season.

Jeff (Portland)

The smell of fall in the air. I like it when the trees just start to turn. Great time of the year !

Sherry

I had a low of 35 here in Comstock Park last night.

Mark (East Lansing)

33 here with our first frost of the season. To me, the first frost is the official end of summer – although I’m wearing shorts getting ready to hit Meijer for groceries. Speaking of summer, this was one of the best ones I can remember, IMO. It was never cool and tons and tons of sunshine. Could have used some more precip, but that’s my only complaint. Have a great day all!

The low at both the airport and here at my house of 36 ties the low for any September 19th at Grand Rapids. Here at my house there is frost on the roofs of houses and cars. With some areas of frost on the grass. So while not a killing frost there none the less was some frost. At this time it is sunny and 38 here with some of that frost still visible.
Slim

It looks like MV will need to remind Andy and Mookie not to clutter the blog with repetitive CPC maps that are already avaialbe from his site! Incredible!