With it now being late April, it is now time to look at some last/first dates. The readings I will look at are the last hard freeze using 28° the last 32° low and the last 37° low (that is the upper limit for frost) and then the 1st 70 high and 1st 75 and 80 high all of which should be reached in the next month.
For the last low of 28 or below the average date at Grand Rapids is April 19th the earliest was March 17, 1910. And the latest was May 18, 1973. Last year the last day that the low reached 28 was April 22. The average last day with a low of 32 or below at Grand Rapids is May 1st the earliest was April 6, 1925, and the latest was June 4th 1945. Last year it was May 7th and on average the last day with a low of 37 or below is May 17th the earliest was April 22nd, 1896, and the latest was June 11th 1980 Last year it was May 30th So for the most part by mid-May it should be ok to plant frost sensitive plants.
On the warm side of things, the 1st average 70° day is April 4th the earliest was March 3rd, 1983. And the latest is May 3rd 1950 Last year it was March 23rd On average the 1st 75 day is April 17th the earliest was March 8th 2000 the latest was June 5th 1924. Last year it was April 6th on average the 1st 80 day at Grand Rapids is May 1st the earliest was March 14, 2012 the latest was June 12th 1924.
On average the last 1” snow fall at Grand Rapids is March 29th the earliest is February 19, 1908. The latest is May 10, 1902. This year the last 1” fell on March 7th Well we hope that will be the last 1” snow fall this year.
There has been some talk as to if the temperature readings at GRR and too cold well at the current time I have a reading of 46 and the last reading at GRR was 46. I would like to point out that the readings taken at NWS office are the official readings for Grand Rapids. But that said no matter where a reading is taken a different reading can be taken just a short distance away and that reading could be different. There are warm and cold pockets all over. One that I had found when we were at Fort Myers Florida. One of the readings for Fort Myers is taken at Page Field. When we have been in Fort Myers the readings, I had on my Car outdoor thermometer would generally go up in the area near Page Field. Not sure why but that location was on many days a warm spot.
Slim
What a day! I was outside for most of the day and it was incredible! 81 degrees is about my max temp, but the dew point wasn’t bad! Now back to reality!
Wow 81 degrees! Just got back from the beach in Holland. Lots of people were fully swimming!
82 here. Just finished mowing. Feels hot. Why can’t we have a couple of weeks of 60s?
At the current time it is sunny and 67 here in MBY. Grand Rapids will make it to 70 and above today. And who knows maybe even 80.
Slim
Still have a few indoor projects to finish up when we get home from vacay. Looks like there will be just enough crappy weather days to get them done after we get home.
Finally, a spectacular spring morning. Off to the farmer’s market. Enjoy, friends!
Finally a good day for golf in West MI! Probably only the 2nd or 3rd day all month with good golf weather, despite the constant warm weather hype. Facts! 2022 we have seen below normal temps! Who knew?
Yesterdays official high at Grand Rapids was 48 and there was a reported total of 1.22″ of rain fall. Here in MBY I recorded 1.02″ of rain fall. The reported overnight low at Grand Rapids so far is 47 and that is also the lowest I recorded here at my house. For the month of April the mean at Grand Rapids is now at 41.3 that is a departure of -4.6 and so far there has been 3.99″ of rain fall that is a departure of +1.09″. At Muskegon their mean is 41.6 good for a departure of -3.6 and… Read more »
We had 1.24 inches of rain yesterday with a high temp of 49 and a low of 37. We have 62 degrees currently. Our total rainfall for the month is 5.39 inches.
Get ready the cool pattern may last most of the month of May! Incredible cold stretch and no change in sight! Wow!
Enjoy the MINI warm up! It will last a whopping 2 days, then right back to a long stretch of below normal temps! The cool pattern keeps rocking and rolling! Who would have thought!
On a sports post lets go Tigers today is the day Miggy hits 3000 history in the making and its going to feel like Summer outside doesn’t get any better then this I can already see the sun coming up and hear happy birds singing away … Detroits best team Go Tigers!! Go Sun shine ….InDY
Rock on! Go,Miggy!
Congratulations to Miggy. When he gets his 3000 hit to go along with is 502 home runs he will be only the 7 player to have 500/3000.
Slim
My friend and his boys have tix for tomorrow. Hope he hits 3,000 then.
He will definately join the elite:
Player Hits Home Runs
Hank Aaron 3,771 755
Albert Pujols 3,308 681
Willie Mays 3,283 660
Eddie Murray 3,255 504
Alex Rodriguez 3,155 696
Rafael Palmeiro 3,020 569
Miguel Cabrera 2,999 502