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July Summary

Posted on by MichaelV (Otsego)

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:

 

 

Category: Michigan Weather Forecast

17 thoughts on “July Summary”

  1. 924 pm and the street lights are on out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR dark love August …INDY..

  2. 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.

  3. 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 …

  4. 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” of rain fall. There was just one day of reported thunder at Grand Rapids. For the month there were 2 clear days, 17 partly cloudy days and 11 cloudy days. There was just 51% of possible sunshine during the month.
    July
    July was a very warm month at Grand Rapids the mean for the month was 75.4° that is a departure of +2.9° while that departure doesn’t seem like a lot it is still good for the 15th warmest July here at Grand Rapids. There were 7 days of 90 or better with the warmest being 92° there were 4 more days of 89 and 5 days of 87. For Michigan that is a lot of days in the low 90’s and upper 80’s and on many of the days the dew points were high making it feel warmer. Only 3 days in the month did not reach at least 80 with the coolest high being 78. It should be noted that the highest reading of 92 is the average warmest temperature for July so there were not any unusually hot days this past July. The coolest low for the month was 54 and there were 12 nights were the low did not get below 70 the warmest low for the month was a warm 77 on the 19th that was good for the 3rd warmest minimum for that date. As you know the NWS doesn’t keep records for the Dew Point so while it was very humid there is not way to tell has to how that compares to past years. There were 8 clear days 21 partly cloudy days and 2 cloudy days the possible sunshine was 70% There was a total of 8 thunderstorms reported and for the summer season so far (June and July) there have only been 9 so far.
    At Lansing the mean for July was 74.7 that is a departure of +3.2° that Is good for the 7th warmest July on record at Lansing. The highest temperature for the month was 93 and that happened twice. There were 8 days of 90 or better and 27 days were 80 or better. The coolest high for the month was 78. The coldest low for July was 52° Over at Muskegon the mean for July there was 74.2 and that was a departure of +3.1 the high for the month there was 90 but there were 3 more days of 89 and 2 more at 88. It was the 9th warmest July on record at Muskegon.
    So bottom line this has been a warmer than average summer with just one more month to go.
    Slim

    1. 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.

  5. 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 ..

    1. 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.

      1. 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..

        1. Well it’s always easy to poke fun of those without ac when you work in ac.

          1. More like a OSHA issue …If it’s that hot at your work surprising nobody has called..INDY. .

      2. 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

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