June 10
1939: Tornadoes struck across southern Lower Michigan, including one that hit Kalamazoo County from near Schoolcraft to Austin Lake. A farm house lost its second floor and a mattress from the home was found over a mile away.
June 11
1968: Severe thunderstorms produced large hail across the region. Hail of 2.5 inches in diameter fell in Ionia County. One of the storms spawns a tornado that kills one person near Pompeii in Gratiot County.
1972: A late season freeze struck the region with Muskegon dropping to 31 degrees for their coldest June temperature on record. Lansing fell to 32 degrees and Grand Rapids to 33 degrees.
June 12
1996: Extensive flash flooding in and around Mt. Pleasant was the result of 1.82 inches of rainfall in 30 minutes with storm totals exceeding 2 inches. At one point parking lots had water 12 inches deep, several fields and ditches were flooded, and some motor homes and campers were set afloat.
1998: A tornado touched down in Bedford Township in northwest Calhoun County, doing minor damage to a few homes and shearing off trees like a large weed whacker.
2008: Historic flash flooding results from up to a foot of rain near Ludington and Manistee. More than 40 roads were washed out and some of them were not repaired for several months. The torrential rains are preceded by a severe thunderstorm that drops two tornadoes. The first tornado came ashore north of Ludington at the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness Area, downing hundreds of trees. A second tornado hit near Stronach in Manistee County.
June 13
1900: A tornado touched down near Marshall and passed north of Battle Creek, ending near Bellevue. Barns were destroyed at several farms along the path of the storm.
1994: A tornado struck Jackson County, producing a 16-mile damage path and injuring 2 people. More than a dozen homes were damaged or destroyed, along with other buildings.
2004: Severe weather struck across the region and a weak tornado touched down briefly in a field one mile northeast of Stanton in Montcalm County
June 14
1894: A week long heat wave was underway with temperatures at or above 90 degrees across much of the region from June 10th to June 16th. Grand Rapids hit 95 degrees on the 13th, 96 degrees on the 14th and 97 degrees on the 15th.
1991: A tornado injures one person and damages several homes east of Jackson.
June 15
1960: More than 20 houses sustain damage as a tornado hits the southern part of the city of Jackson, Michigan.
1976: Tornadoes caused a quarter million dollars damage in Lower Michigan. In Kent County, a barn is destroyed and two houses damaged by a tornado near Cedar Springs. In Allegan and Ottawa Counties, several buildings are damaged along a twelve mile path, ending just south of Jenison. Mobile homes are damaged near Walton in Wexford County.
1982: A series of strong tornadoes struck central Lower Michigan. In Gratiot County, several homes were damaged, two of them severely as a tornado moved from near Pompeii to North Star. In Jackson County, a tornado kills one person and injures another as it moves about 5 miles west of Munith.
June 16
1974: Cool and cloudy weather prevailed for the middle of June with high temperatures only in the middle 50s across the region on both June 16th and 17th.
A cold front passing through this morning will bring a few showers and thunderstorms early, followed by breezy and less humid conditions this afternoon. High pressure will provide dry and pleasant weather Thursday and Friday before our next risk of showers and storms arrives Friday night and Saturday morning as a warm front approaches.
Very warm and humid conditions can be expected over the weekend with the passage of the warm front, and the heat index on Sunday could reach 100 inland from Lake Michigan.
Hot is good. Rain now and then would help, as June has been known to provide its own mini drought.
Wow in looking at the first 12 days of this month one can only say it has been a very nice start to the summer season. So far this month the average high at Grand Rapids is 75.3° and the average low has been 57.0° the mean for the month so far is almost average at just +0.4° and so far the month has seen only 12 HDD (31 would be average) and only 30 CDD (40 would be average) The next 3 days look it continue that trend before we see some very warm temperatures this weekend.
Well if hope the 100 degree heat index can hold off till Monday. We leave for Colorado Sunday. Crisp, clear mountain air! Except where the wildfires are raging…..
And Rocky, I will post some snow pics for you when we get there!
Yeah – it’s not hard to find snow year-round. I remember trying to cross the Continental Divide in RMNP – in Estes Park, it was warm and sunny, but over the mountains they were having a terrible blizzard. For 3 days. It was August 12th……LOL!
Snow in June and July is awesome! I may need to plan a summer vacation to the Rockies!!!! Bingo!
“The return of hot and humid air will be the big story this weekend, with highs in the upper 80s to near 90 Saturday and low 90s Sunday (and maybe Monday).” -WOODTV
Who knew?
That will make up for the cloudy and cool weekend last weekend when daytime temperatures stayed in the 60’s on Saturday and Sunday with a reported 0% of sunshine.
Slim