Can’t get much better than this weather-wise. We had 79° for our high yesterday with relatively dry air – our low temp this morning is 57°. Once again most of the U.S. is free from warnings and advisories with the exception of Maine and most of New England where there are frost and freeze advisories and warnings. Eastern Texas has flood warnings and advisories due to the remnants of tropical storm Imelda. We can expect another repeat of yesterday with high temps in the upper 70s to low 80s under mostly sunny skies – Enjoy!
September 15
1939: A four day heat wave peaks across western Michigan with Grand Rapids hitting 97 degrees and Lansing 94 degrees. Goes to show above normal temps aren’t unheard of in September though temps in the 90s are a bit excessive.
September 16
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.
September 17
1972: A severe thunderstorm produces two tornadoes. The first damages a car six miles northeast of Kalamazoo. The second damages a house three miles south of Middleville.
1973: It was a record cool day as clouds and rain held high temperatures in the 40s across western Michigan. The high of 47 degrees this afternoon at Grand Rapids would be followed by a record low of 35 degrees the next morning.
1977: Two tornadoes struck Lower Michigan. One person was injured in the town of Flushing in Genesee County. Thirty homes and a library sustained heavy damage there. Another tornado hit near Westphalia in Clinton County, damaging a house and a garage.
September 18
1918: A tornado destroyed a large barn about 5 miles southeast of Grand Haven in Ottawa County, and carried the timbers a half mile
September 19
1997: A line of severe thunderstorms producing wind gusts to 70 mph downed trees and power lines from Allegan County through Jackson County. Around 10,000 customers lost power. A boy in Hastings was injured by a lightning strike.
September 20
1957: Thunderstorms with heavy rain of up to 2 inches flooded streets and viaducts in Grand Rapids.
1968: A tornado hits a rural area about five miles south of Lansing at 2:15 in the morning, damaging two barns and a shed.
September 21
1863: Lansing records a low temperature of 19 degrees, the coldest on record for the month of September.
1956: Intense lightning from thunderstorms is responsible for 11 house fires in Ottawa and Kent Counties, accounting for thousands of dollars in damage.
1967: A small tornado struck just north of Lansing at 10:45 in the morning and destroyed a garage.
1992: A tornado hit north of Webberville in Ingham County, damaging several outbuildings.
74* degrees out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR with the sun down now around 8pm and down go the with temps with it love it …INDY
77* degrees out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR im thinking the NWS is of there rocker again will we feel 80* degrees today?? iNDY
80 has already been reached a couple hours ago.
https://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KGRR.html
Welcome to day 9 of the warm streak. Would not be surprised if we make another 15-20+ day warm streak.
Couple more days of Summer left and the streak of above average days continues to grow with no change in sight.
The updated CPC long range guess comes out tomorrow. For what it is worth the CPC’s guess for September was for below average temperatures for all of the great lakes area. It looks like that will NOT play out. The current CPC’s guess for October thru December is for above average temps. Then near average for January thru March lets see how that changes tomorrow my guess is they go warm for the whole winter time.
Slim
Sounds like the perfect Winter weather to me. Last Winter for all of December and most of January it was near perfect. I’d take a repeat of that every year. 40-50 degrees is perfect outdoor working weather.
The official H/L at GRR yesterday was 70/58. That high was cooler then areas near the lake shore but in line to areas to the east of GR. Ionia reported a high of just 65. Hillsdale reported a high of 69. Lansing had a high between reporting hours of 74 (just) 73 during a reporting hour. Mt Pleasant reported a high of 72. And here at my house the high was 73. But at the lake shore reports of highs in the upper 70’s and some 80’s were reported that may have been helped by down slopping. For today September… Read more »
Low of 55* degrees overnight was refreshing windows wide open out at thee YARDofBRICKS NE of GR we have another beautiful day ahead keep it cool on the Fall side of things! Have a super Wednesday MV’S best …INDY
Kind of an odd anomaly yesterday with the GR high temp. By our house and the airport by us we had 78 for a high, Holland had 78 for a high, Muskegon had 81 for a high, and MV said 79 by them, but GR only topped out at 70? I did notice their site was down at times yesterday, was this just a case of missing data? Or was it really 10 degrees cooler there than all surrounding areas?
Here at my house the high yesterday was 73° and at Lansing it did touch 74 between hours but the highest hourly was 73. And at Ionia the reported high there was just 65. At Mt Pleasant the high there was 72. I can say that there was a cool east and north east breeze all day yesterday. So there may have been a cool pool of air to the east of you plus down slopping with that east wind.
Slim
Third day of working on the driveway all day. Yesterday was the first time it was’nt “rough” working under the sun. My guess, it was much cooler in Ada…for what it’s worth.