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Weather History

Posted on by MichaelV (Otsego)
Today will be the coldest day of the week with high temperatures only reaching the teens and low 20s. It will also be windy, which will keep wind chills between -10 and 10 degrees today. Light snow showers will end this afternoon. Accumulations will be light, but watch for slick spots on roads.
We currently have 21° at 6:30am in Otsego with a wind chill of 15°.  Yesterday we picked up 3 inches of light fluffy snow.

Weather History

December 8

1966: Temperatures reach record highs in the mid 60s only four days after record lows on the single numbers at Grand Rapids. The high of 64 degrees on this date followed the low of 8 degrees on the 4th.

2005: Cold weather prevails during the first half of December with record lows of 2 degrees above zero set at both Grand Rapids and Muskegon on this date.

December 9

1995: Arctic air and lake effect snow blasts Lower Michigan on this day and for the next three days. More than a foot of snow piles up near Lake Michigan and temperatures fall to the singles numbers at night, struggling only to the teens in the day.

December 10

1971: Record highs in the lower 60s are recorded across Lower Michigan as a southerly flow of warm moist air precedes a cold front. Record rains of around 2 inches fall as the cold front moves through.

2009: Near blizzard conditions develop as heavy snow combines with strong winds. From 12 to 16 inches of snow piles up across much of western Lower Michigan from December 9th to the 11th.

December 11

1995: A spell of frigid weather continues with high temperatures of only 10 degrees at Grand Rapids and 11 degrees at Muskegon.

2000: A blizzard strikes southern Lower Michigan with record snowfall and strong winds causing heavy drifting, shutting down travel. The 14.5 inches of snow that falls at Lansing is the heaviest on record for any December day. The 14.2 at Grand Rapids is also a record for any day of the month, and contributes to December of 2000 becoming the snowiest month ever recorded there.

December 12

1949: Balmy weather continues. For the second day in a row, temperatures set record highs at Grand Rapids and Lansing.

1958: Arctic air continues across Lower Michigan. Record cold temperatures include 5 below zero at both Grand Rapids and Muskegon.

December 13

1920: Mild weather prevails across Lower Michigan with record highs in the upper 50s.

1973: A snowstorm drops about 8 inches of snow from Grand Rapids to Lansing.

December 14

1907: A snowstorm moves across Lower Michigan, dropping from 5 to 8 inches of snow.

1975: Record warmth continues for the second day across Lower Michigan. Morning lows in the upper 40s are followed by high temperatures near 60 degrees.

Our thoughts and prayers for the Steffen family at the loss of his mother Louise Elizabeth Busscher Steffen – born July 12, 1919 – who died suddenly December 10, 2019.

Category: Michigan Weather Forecast, weather history

27 thoughts on “Weather History”

  1. I’ve been in the Lawncare/snowplow industry for about 22 years. I have no proof to back this up other than my own experience and notes, but it seems the seasons that we don’t plow much in December we get a really
    Bad February and plow a lot, and the seasons we plow a lot in December we hardly plow in February. Slim could
    U maybe do a post on comparing those two months if u ever get a
    Chance to see if there is any truth to that or if Its just in me head. And by snowplowing I mean snow being at least 2 inches or more At each event.

  2. Great news – all signs still point towards west Mi seeing a cold and snowy winter! Get ready for multiple storms and definitely above normal snowfall! The only question is how much above normal?

      1. They have been wrong now for 3 months now I would not count on it being that warm..Lots of cold air building to our north cpc needs to get there head out of there A##…INDY

        1. Hey, if you can keep posting the fake instantweather snow maps that never materialize, I should be able to post the CPC maps!

    2. some long range models are picking up on the coldest air of the season coming early January and keeping its grip on the area for weeks instead of days….

      1. That would be the Polar vortex or is there something more worse of a name coming lol…. Siberian nightmare..Love it MV….INDY

        1. Maybe but I love the phrase Polar Vortex! The polar vortex usually brings the best winter weather of the season! Let’s see a monster polar vortex Baby!

  3. My thought’s and prayers are with Bill and his family…I enjoyed reading the posts about her on his blog.

  5. 17* degrees out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR …Well below normal for this time of year ..Smells like winter outside lol….INDY

  6. At this time there is some light snow falling with a temperature of 18° There is 2″ of snow on the ground here at this time. Grand Rapids is closing in on a new record for the most precipitation for a year. GR is now at 48.79″ and the record is 48.80″ so 2019 will be the wettest year on record.
    Slim

  8. Meanwhile we are in for a very cold day! Let’s see a snowstorm next week! That would be awesome!

  11. Sorry to hear that if Bill is reading this. She always seemed like a wonderful, happy woman from Bill’s Blog Posts. I know she will be greatly missed.

  13. On a side note our chief our friend Bill Steffens mother Passed away overnight Bills bloggers know how close Bill is to his mom from all wonderful story’s and many trips to Tennessee, such a hard time for Bill and his family as we know death is a part of life but never fun my condolences and prayers for Bill Steffens and his family ….Such a wonderful person Louie’s steffens…Have a wonderful day ..INDY …

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