The Last Days of Summer
We now have just a few days left before the end of meteorological summer and the start of meteorological fall. The average high/low at Grand Rapids starts out today at 79.6/59.6 and over the next 5 days drops to 78.8/58.6 a drop of almost one degree. That will only increase as we head into September.
Just for the fun of it I will look at some of the climate details for the next 5 days. For today August 27th the record high is 95 set in 1948 and again in 1953, it reached 94 in 1976. It has reached 90 or better in a total of 13 years. The coldest maximum was just 61 in 1986 and it reached just 62 in 1903 and 1942. There have been a total of 12 years when it did not reach 70 on this date. The record low of 42 was recorded in 1915 and to got down to 42 in 1968. The warmest low of 75 was recorded in 1973 The most rain fall of 2.08” fell in 1921. Last year the H/L was a very warm 88/71.
For Sunday the 28th The record high of 94 was set in 1952 and again in the warm fall of 1953. Just like the 27th there have been 13 years with highs of 90 or better. The coldest maximum of 61 was recorded in 1957 and again in 1965 there have been a total of 18 years when it did not reach 70 on August 28th The last time was in cool summer of 2009 when it only reached 66 on this date. The record low of 41 was in 1986 and the warmest minimum of 73 was just last year after a hot high of 92. The most rain fall of 3.25” fell in 2018.
For August 29th the record high of 95 was set in 1953 there have been 14 years when the high has reached 90 or better on the 29th The coolest maximum of 62 was set in 2009. There have been 14 years when it has not reached 70 on the 29th The warmest low of 74 was set just last year after a high of 92. The most rain fall of 1.60” fell in 1955.
For the 30th The record high of 95 was set way back in 1899 in more recent years the high of 94 was recorded in 1932. It has reached 90 or better in 14 years on August 30th The coolest maximum of 63 was set in 1915 and again in 1967 There have been 8 years when the high stay below 70 the last time was in 2009. The record low of 39 was set in 1976 that is also the record low for August. The warmest minimum of 75 was set in 1932. The most rain fall of 2.00” fell in 1955 for what was a rather wet end of August in 1955. Last year the H/L was 84/62.
Now for the last day of meteorological summer. The record high of 97 was set in 1953 and a reading of 96 was recorded in 1932. Summer has ended on a hot note 16 times with highs of 90 or better the last time was in 2010 with a high of 91. The coolest maximum of 65 was recorded in 1915 and again in 1965. There have been 11 years when it did not reach 70 on August 31st The last time was in 2009 with a H/L of 69/45. The record low of 43 was set in 1915 and again in 1965. The warmest minimum of 74 was set in 1898 in more recent times a warm low of72 was recorded in 1937 and a low of just 71 was recorded in 2010. The most rain fall of 1.05” fell in 1975. Last year the high/low was 81/59. meteorological
As noted there can be a large range of temperatures the last few days of August ranging from very hot days to some very cool lows. So get out and enjoy the last few days of August and meteorological summer.
Slim
Get ready for another below normal temp week! Incredible!
Just another of many below normal temp days again today! Wow, just wow!
Thanks Slim! Maybe some Saturday you could do a post on the past several years with regards to the months being above or below average. Always seems to be a lot of claims made for so many months below or so many months above. If I had to guess I would say the past 5 years or so has seen more months above than below but I could be wrong.
Yesterday was yet another great late summer day with an official H/L of 78/63 at Grand Rapids. There was officially 0.03” of rain fall and there was 47% of possible sunshine. This has been a great summer in much of the area. In fact, Grand Rapids, Holland, Saginaw, Alpena, Houghton Lake Milwaukee, Madison, WI Chicago will all have very near average mean temperatures for meteorological summer 2022. There are some locations that will be warmer than average such as Lansing, Detroit, Flint. While The Sault will end up just below average.
Slim