Not much going on for the rest of the week weather wise with the exception of a lakeshore flood advisory through tomorrow afternoon for the lakeshore counties. Sunny and pleasant weather for today with a hint of fall in the air. I finally finished my deck project yesterday which required removing an replacing all the surface wood. Happy that is done. I ordered 50 12 foot 5/4 boards and finished with a few scraps left over, worked out fairly well.
Weather History
September 1
1953: A heat wave that began in late August continued into September, with record highs of 97 degrees at Grand Rapids and 96 at Lansing. The 95 degrees at Muskegon tied the record high for the month there.
2009: September begins with temperatures more typical of October. Lows include 41 degrees at Muskegon, 36 at Ludington, Hersey and Baldwin, and 35 at Harrison. Cadillac fell to 32 degrees for the second morning in a row, and Leota in Clare County fell to 30 degrees.
2018: Four tornadoes occurred within a two hour period during the evening. The first was a brief tornado that snapped trees near Gull Lake in Barry County. This was followed by a tornado with winds estimated at 100 mph that destroyed a manufactured home at Morley in Mecosta County. Two other tornadoes took down trees, some of which fell on houses, in Jackson and Clinton Counties.
September 2
1894: Lansing hits 99 degrees, setting their record high for the month of September.
1913: Grand Rapids hits 98 degrees tying their record high for the month of September.
September 3
1946: There was an early taste of autumn as Grand Rapids falls to 32 degrees for their earliest freeze on record.
September 4
1965: A tornado struck east of Grand Haven, destroying a barn, silo and factory. Debris was carried over two miles.
2008: The remnants of Hurricane Gustav brought heavy rains to southern Lower Michigan. Muskegon sets a daily rainfall record of 3.25 inches and Grand Rapids sets a record with 2.82 inches.
September 5
1997: Cool weather prevailed with scattered frost and a record low of 34 degrees at Lansing.
September 6
1881: Temperatures hit the mid and upper 90s as a four day heat wave peaked across Lower Michigan. Lansing reached 97 degrees for their second record high in a row, both records that still stand.
September 7
1960: A three day heat wave peaked with record highs of 96 at Grand Rapids and 94 at Lansing.
2001: Severe thunderstorms produced widespread wind damage. About a dozen trees and several telephone poles were blown down in Saranac in Ionia County.
A cool 61* degrees out at thee Fall YARDofBRICKS NE of GR beautiful evening outside …INDY
Nice lightning display all around us again last night, but once again skunked on the rain. After yesterday mornings total of 0.05”, we had 0.00” last night bringing our total for the past week up to an astounding 0.08”. The grass is brown and the corn is shriveling up in the fields, we just can’t catch a break.
Just 0.02″ of rain here at my house. Even less at the GR airport where just 0.01″ was reported. The thunderstorm drought continues as well as for the summer of 2019 there where just 17 thunder events at GRR. That means that a report of thunder (not always a thunderstorm but even one lightning or thunder counts as a thunder event)
Have clear skies and a current temperature of 58 here at my house.
Slim
Same here. Not much rain, but lots of lightning and thunder.