Comments on: Slow Improvement

By: whatisthedeal

whatisthedeal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:46:45 +0000

Rob,
I can see where you are coming from, however, my perspective is from daytime highs, not the daytime average between highs and lows..The main reason some of the nighttime lows have not been that low is due to the incessant cloud cover we have had much of the summer. The nighttime lows do not concern me. I could care less if it is 80 during the day and 45 at night. I do most of my outdoor activities during the day. To each his own.

Below is the NWS Grand Rapids 1 76 50 63 -1 2 0 0.08 0.0 2 63 51 57 -7 8 0 0.00 0.0 3 69 49 59 -5 6 0 0.00 0.0 4 71 43 57 -7 8 0 0.00 0.0 5 75 42 59 -6 6 0 0.00 0.0 6 72 54 63 -2 2 0 7 75 54 65 0 0 0 8 80 52 66 1 0 1 0.60 0.0 9 65 54 60 -6 5 0 0.00 0.0 10 76 52 64 -2 1 0 0.00 0.0 11 65 56 61 -5 4 0 0.20 0.0 12 75 52 64 -2 1 0 0.00 0.0 13 73 58 66 -1 0 1 0.10 0.0 14 79 54 67 0 0 2 0.00 0.0 15 82 54 68 1 0 3 0.00 0.0 16 80 56 68 1 0 3 17 69 59 64 -4 1 0 0.86 0.0 18 79 61 70 2 0 5 0.00 0.0 19 80 66 73 5 0 8 3.15 0.0 20 82 66 74 6 0 9 0.01 0.0 21 86 64 75 7 0 10 0.00 0.0 22 86 64 75 6 0 10 0.00 0.0 23 89 70 80 11 0 15 0.00 0.0 24 96 70 83 14 0 18 0.00 0.0 25 91 71 81 12 0 16 0.00 0.0 26 86 67 77 8 0 12 0.00 0.0 27 84 62 73 3 0 8 28 78 63 71 1 0 6 1.08 0.0 29 73 61 67 -3 0 2 0.07 0.0 30 66 58 62 official daily recorded temps for June of 2009. If you look at many of the daily HIGH temps in the second column, there are quite a few days where the highs are well below average, including the 2nd (63 degrees) the 3rd (69 degrees), the 9th (65 degrees), the 17th (69 degrees), the 30th (66 degrees), not mention this mid 60 degree stretch we have had in early July. Today at 1pm on the fourth of July, it is only 69 degrees here in Grand Rapids. Don’t tell me this hasn’t been a cool summer, the high temps tell me it has been, even including the warmer stretch of weather we had in mid-late June.
0 10.3 21 250 409 45 6 1 25 280
0 5.0 14 80 253 28 9 16 80
0 6.2 17 50 854 93 5 22 50
0 4.0 13 50 859 94 2 20 80
0 7.2 17 260 773 85 1 22 280
T 0.0 0 8.3 20 80 552 60 7 22 80
T 0.0 0 8.2 15 80 411 45 9 20 100
0 12.5 24 230 220 24 7 138 31 230
0 10.8 18 300 537 59 9 24 290
0 3.8 10 80 840 97 5 M M
0 6.9 13 30 0 0 9 18 18 30
0 2.7 10 330 608 66 6 21 220
0 3.2 10 180 412 45 7 1 14 190
0 4.1 14 280 828 90 5 18 28 330
0 2.3 9 50 772 84 4 13 40
T 0.0 0 8.7 21 100 579 63 8 24 100
0 6.8 14 60 47 5 9 18 18 70
0 4.9 13 100 588 66 8 1 21 100
0 9.5 33 170 353 38 8 13 44 170
0 11.2 22 280 696 76 5 1 29 270
0 2.7 13 40 552 60 7 12 16 190
0 4.0 12 70 881 96 3 1 15 110
0 3.1 12 270 820 89 5 15 270
0 5.2 17 270 814 88 4 18 21 270
0 5.0 17 300 863 94 4 18 23 300
0 5.2 15 10 718 78 3 18 10
T 0.0 0 5.9 12 160 789 86 6 3 17 150
0 13.8 30 300 866 94 3 1 39 300
0 13.3 24 320 566 62 6 1 35 260

By: Rob Dale

Rob Dale — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:19:01 +0000

“There have been many days where the temps have been way below average (10-20 degrees), and not many above average days.”

You kids crack me up…

In Grand Rapids, June 2009 had 0 (zero, none, nil, nada) days of 10 degrees below average or colder. Never happened. June 2009 had three days of double-digit ABOVE normal temperatures though. We’ve had as many normal and above normals days all summer long, as we have below normal days.

By: Rob Dale

Rob Dale — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:16:23 +0000

It’s not going east, it’s going southeast.

By: Slim Jim(nw GR)

Slim Jim(nw GR) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:26:07 +0000

All in all its been a very cold start to July. Its a cool 61° here now. This is from the Detroit NWS office:

A Cool Start To July
…RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT FLINT THURSDAY…

YESTERDAY`S HIGH TEMPERATURE AT FLINT WAS 65 DEGREES. THIS IS THE
LOWEST HIGH TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR JULY 2ND…WITH THE PREVIOUS
RECORD BEING 67 DEGREES SET IN 1978.

TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE…
WHEN FACTORING IN THE PREVIOUS DAYS MAXES OF 67 (JULY 1ST) AND 65
(JUNE 30)…ONE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO 1967 TO SEE SUCH A COOL (3 DAY
CONSECUTIVE) STRETCH OF WEATHER THIS LATE IN THE SUMMER.

FOR DETROIT, THE HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 69, 72, 67 (JUNE 30-JULY 2ND)
MARK THE COOLEST START TO JULY SINCE 1978.
SlimJim

By: Slim Jim(nw GR)

Slim Jim(nw GR) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:25:51 +0000

That rain is heading to the SE and at best will just clip Michigan.
SlimJim

By: MaryCB (Wyoming)

MaryCB (Wyoming) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:23:05 +0000

Luckily, we are doing the family barbeque on Sunday this year, looks like it will be the better of the 2 days. I don’t know how Kyle Underwood is saying there will be a ’small’ chance of rain here. I just looked on the National Radar and there’s nothing but rain west of us. Is it just going to jump over us on it’s way East?

By: Mike Geukes

Mike Geukes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:48:25 +0000

1971-2000 Daily/Monthly Station Normals for Grand Rapids
http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim84/MI/MI203333.txt

For More West Michigan Weather Information
Click on my name for my web site
Mike

By: Mike Geukes

Mike Geukes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:46:57 +0000

THE GRAND RAPIDS MI CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2009.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/productview.php?pil=CLMGRR&max=61

By: Mike Geukes

Mike Geukes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:46:17 +0000

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

STATION: GRAND RAPIDS MI
MONTH: JULY
YEAR: 2009
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grr/climate/f6/data/?site=grr&year=2009&month=7

By: Mike Geukes

Mike Geukes — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:45:40 +0000

The link below shows the highs and low temps for Grand Rapids

PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6)

STATION: GRAND RAPIDS MI
MONTH: JUNE
YEAR: 2009

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/grr/climate/f6/data/?site=grr&year=2009&month=6