With the end of meteorological summer, it now time to turn our attention to September and the start of fall. Here in Grand Rapids the mean average temperature for September is 62.6° The hottest it has been here in Grand Rapids in September was 98° on September 16th 1899 and September 2nd 1913…
Welcome to Meteorological Fall!
Can Summer be Over?
There will be updates on Harvey today and that will be the weather headline for this weekend. The picture is from last fall not this year. We are now coming to the end of August and the end of meteorological summer. While August still has a few days to go the mean so far…
The Great Galveston Hurricane
A lot to talk about this morning, not for Michigan – If you are planning a trip to eastern Texas – don’t… this is our first major hurricane of the season. September 8th marks the 117th anniversary of the great Galveston hurricane. The Great Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 storm, with winds of up…
Eclipse Forecasts by michaelv | posted in: solar eclipse, Weather Forecast | 9 I was wandering around the various NWS sites south of Michigan to see local forecasts for Monday – didn’t have much time to check every zone to where you may be traveling – plus it is still a bit early to determine…
Here Comes August
Well July is now almost over and one can ask where has summer gone? So far this summer here in Grand Rapids it has been a rather typical Michigan summer. That means not too hot, enough rain to keep most things green. It now looks like GRR has a very good chance of ending July…
Some Michigan averages and extremes
This week I will take a look at some annual Michigan averages and then look as some extremes over the years. I think we have seen less thunderstorms in the last few years just by looking at the number of “Thunderstorms day” for GR I don’t think one gets an accurate idea as I think…
1863???
1863??? Here is the past weather history from the GRR NWS office for July 15th July 15 1863: It was a frosty morning with temperatures falling to the 30s across much of Michigan. The low of 31 degrees is the coldest ever recorded in July at Lansing by a full five degrees. 1961: A heavy…
The Lack of Power
I was originally going to call this post “The Great Heat Wave of 1936” but the thunderstorms that rolled thru early Friday changed that somewhat. It amazes me on just how dependent we have become on the power grid. If the power grid was ever knocked out over a large area we would lose much…
Happy 4th of July
The growth of the British Empire in the 19th century, to its territorial peak in the 1920s, saw Britain acquire nearly one quarter of the world’s land mass, including territories with large indigenous populations in Asia and Africa. From the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, the larger settler colonies – in Canada, Australia, New…
Summer Flowers
My wife spends many hours outdoors planting and tending to her flowers, seems every year some new feature pops up in the yard. I just mow the lawns and tend to the herb garden and the few potted veggies we grow every year. We have flower beds lining the property, the house and multiple beds…