Weather History
1966: A cold rain falls across Lower Michigan, holding temperatures in the 30s. The high of 37 at Grand Rapids and 38 at Lansing are both record cold high temperatures for the date.
On April 27, 1915, the temperature in Detroit never dropped below 65 degrees, and it also never dropped below 65 degrees the day before (April 26).
Forecast Discussion
Yesterday we had a high of 61.5° after a morning low of 39° with partly cloudy skies. Today it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Below is the storm outlook for tomorrow night into Tuesday morning.
It has been fairly dry the past couple of weeks with less than half an inch of rainfall. Our total for the month is 3.54 inches, most of which fell on April 4th. Our spring rainfall total is 7.55 inches (in Otsego).
- Storms Possible Monday Night into Tuesday The question remains of what the most likely period for storms heading through the state. A strong gradient will be moving ahead of the approaching front. A positively tilted trough headed near the area late Monday into Tuesday. Driven by a LLJ up to 60 knots, the best region of severe weather remains in Wisconsin. Yet as the mesoscale system propagates eastward, lingering storms over the lakeshore could remain severe. Experimental guidance understanding only reinforces the higher potential for early storms before the boundary moves eastward. Drier air along with a high will return late Tuesday. - Showers and storms Possible late Wednesday into early Friday Inching its way into the region Late Wed into Thurs will be another boundary which will be streaming gulf moisture and WAA near the Michigan Indiana border. There remains some timing issues especially as successive upper level troughs move through the overall pattern. Their remains some disparity on the location of the mid level and sfc low. however, given the position of either it puts Michigan in a good location for showers and storms Thursday with lingering showers into Friday morning.
Picture perfect spring day. We spent most of the day outside. Should have applied sunscreen. I’m a bit pink.
Not bad for a day with near normal temps!
And similar to the past several weeks, it looks like 60, 70s, and 80s as far as the eye can see. Love this time of year.
Yesterday was yet another April day that we did not have above normal temps! Wow!
April is tuning into a month with multiple
nights in the 30’s! Get ready – more 30’s are in the forecast! Incredible!
April is about to turn warmer than average!
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 61/43 there was a reported trace of rainfall the sun was out 58% of the possible time. With the sun out and light winds it felt warmer than that 61 outside yesterday. For today the average H/L is 63/42 the record high of 85 was in 1990 the coldest high of 37 was in 1966 the record low of 27 was in 1928 the warmest low of 65 was in 1899 the most rainfall of 1.90” was in 1956 the most snowfall of 02” was in 2004. We are coming towards the… Read more »