As with most folks my age it seems after retirement years time seems to go quite a bit faster than when they did when I was yearning for my drivers license and high school graduation – I am sure it is just a matter of perception as each day still has 24 hours. Granted I have many more hours of leisure to attend to, I still keep busy so as to not become a vegetable and grow roots into my easy chair.
We have had a nice week to do stuff outdoors, with retirement I can get my tasks done before noon when it is cooler then work indoors during the heat of the day, though it has been warm the low humidity levels are still comfortable as long as you are not right out in the sun.
Temp is currently 54° at 5:30 this morning in Otsego – the only rain in the state is up around Houghton.
The area of high pressure will begin to move along tomorrow and we will begin to see a northwest flow next week with a more unsettled weather pattern and cooler temperatures by midweek. We could see needed rain every 24 to 36 hours.
If you have ever noticed I always use the verb could rather than will. Could denotes a possibility indicated by current data models which seem to change daily. With the current models we are seeing a cooling trend into the mid to upper 70s which will be very pleasant by midweek after our first chance of rain in the Monday night into Tuesday time frame.
This weekend looks to be sunny with highs in the low to mid 80s….
Here is a look at the NWS July summary:
924 pm and the street lights are on out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR dark love August …INDY..
My maternal grandfather used to say:
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. It goes faster the farther you go along.
He was a wise man.
I am loving the low humidity and all the sun. Can’t ask for much more. Great sleeping weather too with the windows open.
I have heard that too…such a funny saying. LOL!!!
I have heard that too.
70* degrees out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR probably the best 2 weeks stretch of beautiful summer weather we have had warm days and cool nights I hope August keeps it going into the Fall baby INDY …
With the start of August we are now at the two-thirds mark of meteorological summer. So now is a good time to see just were we are so far. June June started off on the cool side with 19 of the first 24 days having a temperature below average. Then starting on the 25th things changes and it became warm and it stayed warm through all of July. The warmest day in June of 2019 was 89° on the 29th the coldest low was 40° on the 3rd the month ended with a departure of -1.6° Grand Rapids reported 4.36”… Read more »
Good recap Slim. Not to surprising to see July ended up in the top 10 percent of warmest July’s on record with the heat and especially the humidity we had.
57*: degrees out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR another fabulous Summer day coming up…The 2 week warmth in July was nothing compared to last Summer and August is starting out cool this Summer is shaping up to be a Cool breeze…Have a super Friday ..INDY ..
2 week warm? Nope. Last year July’s mean was 74.4. This July’s mean was 75.4 making this year warmer than last year. Check the stats before you post incorrect ones.
So if you want to talk numbers you are still about -450 post below normal on how hot it was at your work this time last year, one would think as a whole, Summer last year compared to right now sofar would of been a lot hotter going off your # of post and that’s only up to August 2nd! Drum roll lets see how this post will be turned around now lol…INDY..
Well it’s always easy to poke fun of those without ac when you work in ac.
More like a OSHA issue …If it’s that hot at your work surprising nobody has called..INDY. .
Went that route a few years back. Didn’t work out.
What are talking about? Get real!
It looks to me that most of the area had about 5 to 6 weeks of very warm weather and now it looks like much of August will be more on the pleasant side.
Slim
Wow!
On a side note here is the story on why WOODTV and Katherine Ducharme was visiting across the street from me this week: https://www.woodtv.com/news/allegan-county/allegan-co-couple-switches-to-rv-lifestyle/