We had some torrential rainfall last night. I poured out 1.28 inches from my rain gauge this morning bringing our monthly total to 2.81 inches. We have a warm 56.5° at 7 am.
Weather History
April 26
1915: A record three-day spell of warm weather in the 80s peaks with a high of 88 degrees at Grand Rapids and Lansing
April 27
1966: A cold rain falls across Lower Michigan, holding temperatures in the 30s. The high of 37 at Grand Rapids and 38 at Lansing are both record cold high temperatures for the date.
April 28
1964: A tornado destroyed a cottage and downed trees north of Newaygo.
1991: A restaurant was destroyed and a hardware store was unroofed as a tornado moved along the northwest edge of Hart in Oceana County.
April 29
1899: Grand Rapids sets the record high for the month of April at 90 degrees after a balmy morning low of 70 degrees.
1909: Heavy rain mixed with snow sets records across Lower Michigan. The daily total liquid equivalent precipitation is 2.53 inches at Grand Rapids, and this includes a daily record of 2.2 inches of snow. The 1.75 inches at Lansing includes four inches of snow. Temperatures remain in the 30s all day.
April 30
1962: Several tornadoes struck southern Lower Michigan. A fire station was damaged in Lansing and a building was destroyed in Grand Ledge. Another tornado struck south of Ypsilanti destroying a barn and damaging two houses.
May 1
1966: A May Day snowstorm drops 4 inches of snow at Lansing.
May 2
1929: A snowstorm puts down a slushy coating of 2 to 3 inches of snow across southwest Lower Michigan.
1930: Grand Rapids was struck by a tornado that moved through the factory district on the south part of the city. Four people were injured as many buildings were unroofed. Damage totaled over a million dollars.
Currently 53* degrees out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR nother below average day in April….INDY
First heat wave of the year coming soon !
Lots of life style changes coming up to how we go out and kongregate in larger groups now …Bars and restaurants will have to lose some seating casinos will take out slot machines no more waiting inside to get a hair cut that’s just some of the changes I can’t imagine what sporting staudim’s will have to do it’s all about 6 feet apart …Good thing no changes coming to MV’s blog just more cool weather….INDY
I am not sure how they are going to handle sporting stadium’s and arena’s.
Slim
No fans in the stadium’s best bet.
For all the cold hype some love to spam, here’s something to read:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/27/meteorologists-say-2020-on-course-to-be-hottest-year-since-records-began
It’s been a warm 2020 so far in Michigan too!
Over 60,000 of my fellow citizens are dead due to the pandemic and there still people and some news sources that are downplaying the dangers of Covid 19! How ignorant!
The death total now is about what the 2017-18 flu was in the U.S. That bug hospitalized about a million people, but somehow never got much media play.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%932018_United_States_flu_season
I just posted some numbers for Michigan. At this time in just 2 months there have been almost twice the number of deaths then the average number of flu deaths for a whole year. In the 2017 the number of deaths here in Michigan from the flu was 1798 and that is almost the 4 year average. So far Covid 19 has claimed a total of 3670. At this time with just 2 months of numbers Covid 19 is the 7th leading cause of death. On average Suicide with 1475 is 10th the flu (whole year) is 9th with a… Read more »
Thanks for the facts! Covid 19 is far worse than the flu!!!!!!! This is a highly contagious and deadly virus that is decimating our health care system! This is nothing like the flu and this will get far worse if states reopen right now! Now the government is trying to force employees to go to work in meat processing plants that are death traps! The ignorance is mind blowing!
I have found sites for Michigan and Florida that have the number of deaths by cause by year and here in Michigan the average number of “flu” deaths in the years from 2014 to 2017 was 1796 as of today the number of deaths in Michigan from Covid 19 is 3670. And that is in just two months. The updated numbers for Kent county are now 1137 total cases and 33 deaths. In the state there were 1137 new cases over night and 103 new deaths.
Slim
Mark Toragrossa MLive says two more frost and frezzing coming with near record cold
becareful what your growing yet don’t listen to the 80’s talk…INDY
With this warm rain, frost in May would be a big issue.
Slim
Not good slim ..Let’s hope not …INDY
The long range forcast has nailed it a cool April and soon into May wow maybe some snow showers also ?? as Slim would say we shall see …INDY
Just ordered seeds for a garden… of course on a delay…but figure maybe by Memorial Day we can put it in!!! LOL!!!
BREAKING WEATHER BULLETIN>>>>>>>The low temps next week will struggle to get above freezing! This Spring we are entrenched in a below normal temp pattern!
Nice of you to come back after we hit 71 degrees yesterday 🙂
Still have my winter coat hanging up…INDY
Me too. In fact if it is cold is July I will wear a coat. And if it is hot in January I will wear shorts. (I have not done the shorts thing here in Michigan in January but I have elsewhere)
Slim
I where shorts all year round but mainly in my home during the Winter…INDY
Fall is less then 5 months away the start of May will fell like Fall loving it more wonderful fire weather forget the hot weather…INDY
Fall? LOL That is too funny. What extreme cold weather bias!
You know it and then the best season of the year…WINTER!
Very wet and mild morning. 62 degrees with a damp dew point of 61. Rainfall so far is at 1.62” and still coming down.
WOOD has 64, 70, 66 for this weekend and lots of sun. Absolutely perfect!
With this rain things will turn green real quick in the next few days. And grass cutting will be in full force.
Slim
Yes looks like a raining cool day ahead! INDY
If you like more beautiful warm weather get outside this coming weekend because after that back to below average weather probably well into May great Scotty ….Have a wet Wednesday ….INDY
The first week of May looks to be in the 50’s and 60’s and then it looks like we’ll be in the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. Get ready!
Correct again INDY High temps by next Monday will be well below normal! Low to mid 50’s! Incredible!
Wow, Just took a rain fall measurement and so far 1.93″ of rain has fallen here overnight and so far this morning. And it has been a warm rain at that with a current temperature of 57 here. So that should speed up the leaf development over the next several days. And of course it will be grass cutting time big time.
Slim
Hit 71 degrees yesterday! Looks like today will be our third above average temps day in the past 4 days.
At Grand Rapids only 3 of the last 20 days have been above average. April is now at -3.8 for the month.
Slim
Sounds about right. We had a very warm 8 days, then a cold 2 weeks, and now it’s been warm the past 3 out of 4 days.