There is no fun weather to report here once again. The warm dry pattern continues through the week. There may be a bit of hope for some rain (according to the CPC) next week.
Yesterday we had a high of 92° and the low was 58.
Weather History
1886: A swarm of tornadoes hits southern Lower Michigan from late morning into the early afternoon. At least ten separate tornadoes struck, causing damage in Cass, Livingston, Kalamazoo, Eaton, and Clinton Counties. One person was killed and another injured in a tornado that hit Brighton.
1899: Grand Rapids records a high of 98 degrees, setting the record for its hottest September temperature, which would be tied on September 2, 1913.
On September 16, 1955, Flint experienced a record high of 90 degrees. This marked the beginning of a 3-day record high streak in Flint, with the 17th and the 18th experiencing temperatures of 94 and 93 degrees respectively.
NWS Forecast
Forecast Discussion
Upper level ridging will continue to dominate the wx pattern bringing a continuation of dry and warm wx through the upcoming week with high temps in the 80s daily. An overall medium range guidance consensus suggests that any showers tied to the remnants of whatever becomes of potential tropical cyclone eight will stay southeast of our area as ridging continues to dominate the pattern here. However some cloud cover from this system could move in by Wednesday and Thursday and potentially keep high temps a few degrees cooler than what will be experienced today and tomorrow. The above to much above normal temps will persist right through next weekend with dry wx to continue.
Two straight weeks in September with sunshine and temps in the 80s? That is remarkable. The lack of rain does not bother me. I’ve mowed enough this year. I’m ready for the leaves to change and all that autumn has to offer.
Some rain would be nice, but I don’t see any on the horizon. The GFS tries to show some light showers around the 26th. I ran the Euro through 00Z on the 26th and it shows not a drop around here. I would expect the 80s to continue for the foreseeable future.
Some rain would be nice indeed! Things have rapidly dried up.
We went swimming yesterday pool was 76.
We need rain! Bring it on and forget about temps in the 80’s! Ridiculous!
We are now at the halfway point in September 2024 and at Grand Rapids the mean so far this month is 65.7 that is a departure of -0.6 That will change in the next week the high so far this month is 88 on the 15th and the low so far is 41 on the 8th there has only been 0.26” of rainfall that is a departure of -1.86”
Slim
The official H/L yesterday at GR was 88/58 there now have been 6 days in a row of 80 or better. There was no rainfall the sun was out 95% of the time. For today the average H/L is now down to 74/53 the record high of 89 was set in 1906 and 1955 the coldest high of 55 was set in 1993. The record low of 32 was set in 1902 and the warmest low of 70 was set in 1907. The most rainfall of 2.26” fell in 1981.
Slim