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We have been enjoying fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and green peppers from our garden this week.  The cucumbers have been prolific we are at the point we have so many we can’t give them away.  There is nothing better than fresh veggies straight off the vine.  The tomatoes plants are huge this year, I have one nearly eight-foot-tall – used good old cow manure this year, which makes a big difference.

Weather-wise our fair weather continues with a slight chance of an afternoon pop rain showers with temps near 80 or slightly above.  The best chance of showers and storms this week is Friday and Friday night. Otherwise, rainfall will be only isolated or widely scattered.  By Sunday temps will reach near 90° with increasing humidity which will carry on into next week.


Weather History for SW Michigan

August 1

1886: A tornado moves from northern Kalamazoo County into Barry County, damaging several farms in and near Hickory Corners.

1947: What turns out to be the hottest August on record starts off on a decidedly cool note with record lows of 48 degrees at Grand Rapids and 43 degrees at Muskegon.

1993: A severe storm in Kent County produced grapefruit-sized hail in Cannon Township, northeast of Grand Rapids.

2002: A tornado struck north of Tustin in Osceola County. The tornado left a damage path six miles long, with dozens of large trees down and some roof damage to homes. One house had its attached garage destroyed. A weaker tornado also hit near Grant in Newaygo County, toppling a tree.

August 2

1927: Morning low temperatures fall into the lower to mid-40s during one of the coolest Augusts on record. Daily record lows are set at Lansing with 40 degrees, Muskegon with 42 and Grand Rapids at 46.

1964: Lansing hits 100 degrees and Grand Rapids 98 as a brutal four-day heatwave continues.

August 3

1894: After two record heat waves in July, record cool weather arrives. Lansing falls to 32 degrees for a rare summer freezing temperature.

1964: Muskegon sets an August record and ties their all-time record high temperature at 99 degrees. The temperature hits 100 degrees at Grand Rapids, a record for the date.

August 4

1894: The second record cool morning in a row at Lansing with 37 degrees. Grand Rapids also sets a record low for the date of 42 degrees.

1988: A hot and dry summer continues with record highs of 96 degrees at Lansing and Grand Rapids and 92 degrees at Muskegon.

August 5

1947: The temperature hits 93 at Muskegon and 100 degrees at Grand Rapids, where it will reach the century mark again the next day. A total of 17 days during the month had high temperatures of 90 or above at Grand Rapids. This is the hottest August on record for Lansing, Grand Rapids and Muskegon.

1968: Tornadoes caused scattered damage across Lower Michigan. One tornado hit southeast of Grand Rapids, damaging several farms from Kentwood and into Ionia County. Another tornado damaged two houses southwest of Lansing. A third tornado damaged a boat and dock near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County.

August 6

1918: Southwest Lower Michigan was in the grip of an extreme heatwave. Both Grand Rapids and Lansing set their highest temperature on record for the month of August at 102 degrees. At Lansing, it also ties the record for their all-time highest temperature.

1955: A tornado injured one person in Hastings and another tornado caused minor damage near Norvell in Jackson County.

1998: A small tornado downed trees and did minor damage to an outbuilding at Hamilton in Allegan County.

August 7

1900: An eight-day heatwave continues with temperatures in the lower to mid-90s. Adding to the discomfort are warm and muggy nighttime low temperatures that only fall to the mid and upper 70s.

1996: Heavy rains of over 3 inches flooded roads and streams in Lansing and Grand Ledge.

2008: Several waterspouts are observed over Lake Michigan from Grand Haven to South Haven. At least one of them appears to come onshore, but no damage occurs.


Weather History for SE Michigan

August 1

On August 1, 2018, a low-pressure system brought heavy rain to the region which provided relief after an abnormally dry July. 1 to 3 inches of rain fell with some localized areas seeing 4 inches – most of it during a 3-hour period or less during the overnight period. This led to areas of flooding, specifically over Dearborn Heights and Taylor where several feet of water was reported over roadways the following morning. Additionally, a weak EF0 tornado was reported in Taylor shortly after midnight and resulted in minor damage near the Southland Center.

On August 1, 1925, the record for the greatest rainfall in Detroit for a 24-hour period was set with 4.75 inches of precipitation from July 31st-August 1st (an additional .01″ fell early on Aug 1st).

August 2

On August 2, 2006, severe thunderstorms repeatedly moved along the Interstate 69 corridor during the evening hours. The storms produced severe winds that downed many trees. The training nature of the storms produced up to 10 inches of rainfall in northeast Lapeer and southwest Sanilac Counties. The town of Brown City was especially hard hit with flooding. The flood resulted in about 2.5 million dollars in damages.

Also on August 2, 1986, an F1 tornado hit Macomb county and on this date in 1972, an F3 tornado hit Oakland county at 4:23 pm.

August 3

On August 3, 1944, record high temperatures of 98 degrees on the 3rd and 97 degrees on the 4th were reached in Saginaw. Also on this date, the record for the lowest sea-level pressure for August in Detroit occurred: 29.14″!

August 4

On August 4, 1988, an F1 tornado hit Washtenaw county at 3:40 pm.

August 5

On August 5, 1931, the mercury rose to a record 102 degrees in Saginaw.

August 6

On August 6, 1918, the temperature soared to 104 degrees in Detroit while Saginaw recorded 103. Both are the record maximum temperatures for the month of August.

August 7

On August 7, 1984, thunderstorms brought winds of 73 mph in the mid afternoon to Genesee county.


Forecast Discussion

- A few showers and isolated storms this afternoon/eve

Latest CAMs show potential for a few showers and isolated
thunderstorms to develop this afternoon and early evening near to
east of the lake breeze (mainly near to east of US-131). This
activity will peak late this afternoon and early evening
coincident with the peak in daytime heating. Showers and isolated
storms will diminish quickly as sunset approaches.

- Chance of showers and storms Friday through Monday

Potential for scattered showers and storms will increase as
moisture and instability gradually increases this weekend into
early next week. A series of upper level troughs will be a
focusing mechanism for convective initiation to occur. Severe wx
is not expected given relatively weak deep layer shear.

- Warmer and more humid this weekend into early next week

A consensus of latest medium range guidance continues to indicate
that temps will undergo a moderating trend and reach well into the
80`s Saturday and upper 80`s to near 90 degrees by Sunday through
Tuesday. This will occur in persistent west to sw flow and as an
upper level ridge amplifies over our region Tue-Wed.

 

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I have a good crop of tomatoes here as well. While the plants are not 8 feet tall I do have some good sized plants. One year back in the1970’s I did have plants that were well over 5 feet tall not sure of the connection but the winter that followed was one of the coldest on record (December 1976, January 1977) Yesterday was sort of a chamber of commerce day with sunny skies with temperatures for most of the day in the upper 70’s and the high of 80. The overnight low here at my house was 58 and… Read more »