June 17
1975: A tornado struck two miles northeast of Newaygo. A tree fell on and killed a 14 year old girl who was camping with her parents. Tornadoes also hit Roscommon County, where damage was done to some boats on the southwest shore of Houghton Lake. Another tornado damaged several farm buildings north of Zeeland in Ottawa County.
1992: Over a dozen, mostly weak tornadoes struck across Lower Michigan, including south of Coopersville in Ottawa County, near Cedar Springs in Kent County, Harrison in Clare County and Pewamo in Ionia County.
June 18
1976: Three tornadoes cause minor damage across Lower Michigan. The first tornado moved northwest of Lansing, damaging a house and destroying a barn and shed. Another tornado blew down barns near Reese in Saginaw County. The final tornado destroyed a barn and damaged a garage in Gladwin County, north of Edenville.
1994: An early season heat wave peaked with temperatures in the mid and upper 90s across the region. The temperature hit 98 at Lansing, 96 at Grand Rapids and 91 at Muskegon.
June 19
1954: A tornado strikes in Jackson County at Gillett’s Lake, damaging several houses and cars but causing no injuries.
1995: Muskegon hit 98 degrees, their highest temperature on record in the month of June. Their second hottest June reading of 95 degrees would occur the following day.
2009: Severe weather strikes with three tornadoes and downburst winds. A tornado partially unroofed a home south of Allegan and another tornado took the roof and deck off a home near Richland in Kalamazoo County . A weaker tornado downed trees and did minor damage to a house in Alamo Township, Kalamazoo County.
June 20
1953: An early summer heat wave peaked with temperatures around 100 degrees. It was the hottest June day on record at Grand Rapids with a high of 102 and a sultry low of 79 degrees.
June 21
1988: The hot summer of 1988 got off to a sizzling start with record highs of 98 degrees at Grand Rapids and Lansing.
1996: A tornado struck from near Weidman to west of Rosebush in Isabella County. Three homes were damaged and four barns destroyed, along with several other outbuildings. Several silos and farm machinery were damaged. Other tornadoes hit near Frankenmuth and Imlay City.
June 22
1957: At least four weak tornadoes hit southern Lower Michigan. At Hudsonville in Ottawa County, damage is down to a warehouse. A barn is destroyed near Pinconning in Bay County. Several barns are damaged or destroyed in Berrien and Cass Counties. Trees are taken down at Dumont Lake in Allegan County.
1992: One of the coldest summers on record in west Michigan got off to a freezing start with frost and freezing temperatures across the region. At Muskegon the temperature plummeted to 32 degrees. It was the latest freezing temperature on record there.
2015: Severe thunderstorms with brief tornadoes and downbursts strike across Lower Michigan. Portland, Michigan is hit by a small tornado with winds estimated over 100 mph.
June 23
1960: A tornado struck north of Carson City in Montcalm County, damaging or destroying several farm buildings and four mobile homes.
1870: An extreme heat wave began and lasted through the end of June. Temperatures in the mid and upper 90s prevailed most of that time. Lansing set their all time high for June of 99 degrees on the 25th.
We picked up 1.10 inches of rain over the past 24 hours most of it overnight. Still a chance of showers this morning then it should clear out and be a nice day Thursday with plenty of sunshine before another system moves in Friday through early Sunday bringing us more chances of rain.
Nice day today. No complaints here. Gorgeous sunset tonight. Did anybody else see how red the sky was long after the sun set?
Does it get dark earler now is what ? INDDY
Not by much. Have a great summer!! At least it isn’t dark at 6 PM.
Sorry bud, we don’t start losing light at night until June 28.
Hello Autumn…you never left. Another five days below average, with a possible 48 hour “thaw” on the horizon. Storms?…honestly, all we have are old stories from decades gone by.
It’s been another warm year so far. Three warm years in a row?
Not much rain here at my house as I only recorded 0.03″ over night here. But with the cloudy skies and cool temperatures the grass is still very green.
Slim
Our so-called “cool” day yesterday was still above average for GR! That’s 9 warm days in a row. Quite the streak.
Yesterdays high was cooler then average but the low was above average. Except for the clouds it was a very pleasant day.
Slim
Here you go Rocky, it’s June and I found snow for you:
http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=NuVqmzAy%2FKxnBi3jeCzWDoh4l5k2TGxc#.WypT6P9MGhA
I even made a little snow guy for you:
http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=NuVqmzAy%2FKw2DvEfdPLi8Ih4l5k2TGxc#.WypVVf9MGf0
It is just amazing out here! And watching the weather change by the minute in the mountains is really cool. We even heard a tornado warning come over the radio while driving yesterday, the problem was I had no idea where it was, and I really wasn’t sure where we were.
haha Nice! I was just out in Utah and there was still plenty of snow there too (as there always is).
Nice photos!!
Thanks for sharing the photos, Barry. Have a blast!
Finally got some rain this morning. Could use more, though.
Our cool wet week continues but no storms winter weather is much funner to track….. Have a good hump day INDYDOG14!!
Not that I want destructive storms but I have to say it has been a long time since we have had a big time thunderstorm here in GR.
Slim