Yesterday we had a warm high of 50° and a morning low of 20°. With rain moving in this morning today will not be as pleasant as yesterday. Scattered showers are expected south of M-46 today with highs in the 30s. Some snow may mix in this afternoon and evening. Tonight clouds gradually decrease with lows in the single digits north of the US-10 corridor and around 20 along the I-94 corridor. Saturday clouds return with highs mainly in the 20s.
Today’s Weather
Weather History
1914: A snowstorm drops from 6 to 14 inches of snow across southern Lower Michigan.
1977: One of the coldest months on record comes to a close with yet more arctic air and lake effect snow. High temperatures are only in the teens during the last week of the month with 2 to 4 feet of snow piled up along the Lake Michigan snow belts.
On January 31, 2019, record cold lingered across the region. Detroit and Flint each experienced a high temp of 3 degrees and a low temp of -14 degrees which easily beat the respective previous records. Both sites spent 36 consecutive hours below 0 degrees during this cold snap. Wind gusting over 35 mph at times resulted in wind chills near or below -35 degrees for numerous hours.
A snowstorm in 1982 brought our 13th biggest snowstorm to the metro Detroit Area. The snow began late on the 30th and continued throughout much of the 31st. When it ended, nearly a foot /11.8″/ was officially measured at Detroit Metro Airport.
Forecast Discussion
- Light rain today/wintry mix possible north Radar shows light rain south of I-96 slowly moving northward associated with the warm air advection wing of the cyclone over Oklahoma. Concurrently, low pressure over southern Ontario is moving east and the cold front associated with it is near the Straits moving south. There`s quite a temperature gradient between areas that are clear, like CAD at 18 degrees and MBL at 23 and those where low clouds are present, such as LDM at 32 and RQB at 35. There`s a narrow window in which some light freezing rain may develop around 12z across the northeast cwa, but chances of seeing icing seem to be decreasing and this is looking more like a general light rain event this morning. The rain shield will continue to move north this morning at the same time that the cold front moves south. The result will be light rain mixing with and then changing to light snow this afternoon as the low to the south moves through the region and colder air flows in behind the northern stream cold front that will accelerate southward as northeast winds develop in relation to the low passing by to the south. Overall, snow accumulations look less than an inch and travel impacts aren`t anticipated. - Mixed rain/snow Saturday night/Sunday A clipper moving east along the US/Canada border from south to norther will push some light snow into the cwa Saturday night via some isentropic lift in the warm air advection wing. The area most likely to see light snow will be north of I-96. One to two inches are possible there and should be east of the cwa by Sunday afternoon. - Wintry mix possible mid week Tonight`s model runs are in a little better agreement in regard to the potential mid week system. There should be a decent amount of low level cold air in place Tuesday night as a warm front moves north from the Ohio Valley. A strong feed of moisture northward ahead of low pressure near the Missouri Valley will result in precipitation developing in an environment of strong isentropic lift. Initially, we`ll see light snow develop, but as warm temperatures push in from the south, freezing rain may develop Tuesday night/Wednesday. Eventually, the precipitation will transition to just rain south of I-96 Wednesday. It`s too early to tell yet how much, if any, ice can be expected, but certainly bears watching.
Looking great for SNOW!!!
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?p=snku_acc-imp&rh=2025013118&fh=384
No blow torch in sight, but there is plenty of snow chances! February could end up as big winter month to remember! Wow!!
Snow is fading fast with all of this rain and the warm temps this week. Looks like most of next week will remain above freezing. All the salt has washed away too, which I can dig.
TGIF
Nice little two week thaw with more possible warmth upcoming?
Another blow torch upcoming?!
Forget the CFSv2!
I think several weeks ago this experimental map had much of the same areas with a chance of heavy snow that did not happen so we shall see.
Slim
Anyone who is thinking that February will be cold and snowy the CFSv2 weekly says not so fast it may be warm and that means a better chance of rain. Week 1 and 2.


week 3 and 4
Fortunately these maps will end up dead wrong! We will be seeing normal to below normal temps with tons of snow!
The CFSv2 was spot on with the cold we had in January so we shall see.
Slim
Fortunately the CPC totally disagrees with the above maps! Incredible! Bring it!
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/lead14/
We will be getting pounded with snow in February! Mark it down!!!
The winter season is above normal for snowfall! Incredible!
It looks like seasonal snowfall will be below average by tomorrow as well.
You gotta love below average January’s. One of the best months to be below average!
Keep the facts coming!
The winter season from November – January is warmer than average.
Above normal snowfall and all signs look good for the rest of winter! Our wild, cold, above normal snowfall pattern is cooking! After this brief little warm up – watch out and get ready!
After 5 warm months in a row, January will finish cooler than average. Albeit, much closer to normal than we were a week ago thanks to the prolonged warm up.
GR hit 47 degrees yesterday! Wow! Welcome to day 7 of The Melt.
Looks like we end up below average snowfall for January. That’s back to back below average snowfall months.
All signs still point to a snowy February! Get prepared now and don’t say you were not warned! It is going to be wild! Rock n roll baby!
You said the same about December and January LOL Maybe third time is a charm.
I was reading how northern Iowa and parts of Wisconsin have had their least amount of snowfall since 1920. We would be in the same boat if not for the Great Lakes! Many parts of interior Michigan have not received much snow, probably 12-15” this season. And the drought continues. But a drought now is much better than during the growing season! And the drought has alleviated in areas that have had significant lake effect so far this season. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?MI
No big synoptic snows all winter! Crazy.
THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2025 The H/L was 47/20 there was no rain or snowfall the day started with a snow depth of 3”. The highest wind gust was 28 MPH out of the SW. The sun was out 80% of the possible time. For today the average H/L is 31/17 the record high of 57 was in 1989 the coldest high of 4 was in 2019 and 1974. The record low of -20 was in 1899 the warmest low of 41 was in 2002. The wettest was 1.39” the fell as the record snowfall of… Read more »