On Wednesdays I post weather history for Michigan for the week – I think I will start posting a trivia section and history for the U.S. for Fridays feature.
- Tornadoes occur in the Southern Hemisphere but at a greatly reduced frequency than in the U.S., which hosts about 75 percent of the world’s twisters. …
- Nearly all Northern Hemisphere twisters rotate cyclonically, or counterclockwise, though on rare occasions anticyclonic tornadoes have been documented.
- Hurricane Catarina in 2004 is the only recorded South Atlantic hurricane in history.
- In the southern hemisphere the sun travels from right to left across the northern horizon. In the north it travels from left to right across the southern horizon.
Sep 15, 1874
The Dodge City weather station was established by Sergeant M. L.
Landers of the signal corps in the old Dodge House on the corner
of Chestnut Street and Railroad Avenue. The first observation
was taken on this date.
Sep 16, 1928
The hurricane San Felipe, a monster hurricane, which left 600
dead in Guadeloupe, and 300 dead in Puerto Rico, struck West Palm
Beach Florida causing enormous damage, and then headed for Lake
Okeechobee. When the storm was over, the lake covered an area
the size of the state of Delaware, and beneath its waters were
2000 victims. The only survivors were those who reached large
hotels for safety, and a group of fifty people who got onto a
raft to take their chances out in the middle of the lake.
Sep 17, 1988
Early in the morning a tornado hit Kelly Air Force Base in San
Antonio TX injuring three persons and causing 28 million dollars
damage. A second tornado on the northwest side of San Antonio
caused 6 million dollars damage, and a third tornado in Bexar
County killed one person and injured another.
Sep 18, 1926
The great Miami Hurricane produced winds reaching 138 mph which
drove ocean waters into the Biscayne Bay drowning 135 persons.
The eye of the hurricane passed over Miami, at which time the
barometric pressure reached 27.61 inches. Tides up to twelve
feet high accompanied the hurricane, which claimed a total of 372
lives.
IN 1995..About 5 miles northwest of Wakeeney, five to seven inches
of rain in several hours caused flooding of numerous roads in that
area.
Sep 19, 1947
The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleons, and the
barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches. The hurricane killed
51 persons, and caused 110 million dollars damage. It produced
wind gusts to 155 MPH while making landfall over Fort Lauderdale FL
two days earlier.
Sep 20, 1845
A tornado traveled 275 miles across Lake Ontario, New York and
Lake Champlain.
Sep 21, 1938
A great hurricane smashed into Long Island and bisected New
England causing a massive forest blowdown and widespread
flooding. Winds gusted to 186 mph at Blue Hill MA, and a storm
surge of nearly thirty feet caused extensive flooding along the
coast of Rhode Island. The hurricane killed 600 persons and
caused 500 million dollars damage. The hurricane, which lasted
twelve days, destroyed 275 million trees.
In 1995…The earliest snow on record fell across southwest Kansas
with 2 to 3 inches common. Lane county reported six inches. This
was the earliest snowfall ever recorded at the Dodge City Airport.
This was also the only time there was measurable snowfall for the
month of September. A total of 1.3 inches fell at the Dodge City
Airport.
Once again we have a guess of mid 80s for much of southern lower Michigan today – yesterday we only made 80 in Otsego which actually made for another pleasant day as the humidity levels were low. This will change today as dewpoints begin to rise into the 60s bringing us July like conditions. With all the moisture feeding in from the gulf and a slow moving cold front moving in for the weekend we could see lots of rain from Saturday night lasting through Monday morning. Some areas (as shown in the feature image) could see as much as three inches of rain. After the cold front temps will drop to around normal to slightly above for next week.
Below is the current drought monitor for Michigan – predicted rain for this weekend will erase the dry spell.
The CPC is predicting our warm pattern will continue through the beginning of October, with a 33 to 40% chance of above normal temps through the month. September was predicted to be below normal so we will see how this pans out. Below is the 8 to 14 day outlook:
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Here is the latest fall color update
This year
https://www.foliagenetwork.com/index.php/foliage-reports/foliage-reports-midwest-us/current-season-midwest-us/129-foliage-reports/foliage-reports-midwest-us/foliage-reports-midwest-us-current-season/877-mw-foliage-report-4-2019
and last year
https://www.foliagenetwork.com/index.php/foliage-reports/foliage-reports-midwest-us/foliage-reports-midwest-us-archive/midwest-us-2018-reports/175-foliage-reports/foliage-reports-midwest-us/foliage-reports-midwest-us-archive/foliage-reports-midwest-us-archive-2018/819-mw-foliage-report-5-2018
Slim
Thanks for the info Slim .. Will be taking a road trip north to the UP for a color tour this season.
The H/L yesterday at GRR was 84/57 that 84 is tied for the 14th warmest September 19th in Grand Rapids history. The overnight low at GRR was 61 if it stays above 61 until midnight that will make September 19th 2019 the 16th warmest minimum for the date. For today the average H/L is 71/51 the record high is 90 set in 1931 and the record low is 33 set in 1956. The warmest minimum for today is 69 set in 1978 and the coldest maximum is 54 set in 1927. Last year the H/L was 83/65.
Slim
Definitely muggy out today. Yesterday’s high was 12 degrees above normal. Years ago most people had their furnace running by now, certainly not the AC.
We should be in the middle of “don’t have to season” that is don’t have to have the heat on and don’t have to have the AC on.
Slim
I love the trivia facts! Always good to read some odd or unknown bits of info. I’ve always wondered what it would be like in the Southern Hemisphere. It would be so confusing to see the sun in the Northern sky, and the night sky would be totally different as well.
Not to mention in the Southern Hemisphere it’s summer in January and winter in July also remember it their summer we are closer to the sun so the sun is hotter still in their summer time.
Slim
In case you ever wondered how the CPC did on past long range outlooks (guesses) here is a site that you can use to look up their past outlooks
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/archives/long_lead/llarc.ind.php
Slim
Interesting. I’ve always wondered what their average percent is for being accurate. They seem to be pretty close most of the time, then others it’s off by a mile.