We have a very mild morning with a temp of 63° at 5 am in Otsego. All the rain is up along the US10 corridor where it will stay until it moves out later today. The wind is rather gusty this morning blowing the leaves off the trees. This is the only precipitation we will receive today and for the rest of the week. Mild conditions will prevail through Sunday.
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Weather History
October 4
1935: Snowflakes are observed across Lower Michigan and Grand Rapids has a record cold high temperature of 42 degrees.
1951: Summer-like weather prevailed with lows in the mid-60s and highs in the 80s. Record highs include 87 degrees at Grand Rapids, 86 at Lansing and 83 at Muskegon.
October 5
2005: Balmy weather prevails across Lower Michigan, especially along the coast of Lake Michigan, where the low temperature for the day at Muskegon is a record warm 70 degrees, followed by a high of 80 degrees.
October 6
1998: A squall line moved across Lower Michigan producing tornadoes, downbursts, and some flooding. A tornado struck Ferris State University in Big Rapids, injuring seven students. Another tornado moved from northern Isabella County into southern Clare County, damaging several homes. Total damage with the storms was more than a million dollars.
October 7
1965: A tornado destroyed a trailer and several outbuildings southeast of Clare in Isabella County.
2007: Temperatures reach record highs as very warm weather prevails across Lower Michigan from the 5th to the 8th. Grand Rapids sets three record highs in a row with temperatures in the upper 80s from the 6th to the 8th.
October 8
1871: The worst wildfires in the history of the Great Lakes region occur as strong south winds combine with tinder dry conditions. The fires leveled several areas of Michigan and Wisconsin, including the cities of Peshtigo, Holland, Manistee, and Port Huron. At least 1200 people died, about half of them in the Peshtigo, Wisconsin fire. That same night, the Great Chicago Fire erupted, destroying much of the city.
October 9
1989: Record cold temperatures put the freeze on southwest Lower Michigan for the second day in a row. Records include 23 degrees at Grand Rapids and Lansing and 24 degrees at Muskegon. The record cold is accompanied by scattered snow flurries.
October 10
1879: Southwest Lower Michigan is in the midst of a long spell of warm weather. Lansing rises into the 80s for seven out of the eight days from October 5th through the 12th. This includes the record high of 84 degrees on October 10th, which was preceded by a record 83 degrees on the 9th and followed by 85 degrees on the 11th.
1906: An early season snowstorm drops 4 to 8 inches of snow from Ludington to South Haven. Temperatures plunge into the teens the next morning, killing thousands of fruit trees, enough to alter the agricultural economy of southwest Lower Michigan.
Can’t keep up with the leafs falling already picked them up this morning once now the yard is covered again I can say this is way better then in November and the sunshine = beauty of a Fall day outside!! Enjoy!! INDY
Agreed! With the warm weekend coming up, I think I will get an early start on the end-of-season outdoor chores.
I have put the cover on the AC and put most of the hoses away. I am kind of lucky I only have two small trees in the yard and what leave I do get will not come until later in the month and if I have to I can wait until spring. The sun is out here and it is kind of windy with a temperature of 66.. There are clouds off to the north.
Slim
Already 68 degrees in GR before 1pm! Such a beautiful day.
Feels like a summer morning out there! WOOD has us with above average temps everyday during at least the next 8 days.
Quite the warm up overnight. When I went to bed at midnight the temp was 55 and when I got up at 4 the temp was 69. Rather odd.
Wow, I dis not even notice that until you mentioned it. I see officially at GR the reached 66 overnight. One of the reasons I did not see that at first is that now both and GRR and here at my house it is now back to 60. Note when I went to bed it was 57 here at my house.
Slim