Watching the mercury…
July 31st, 2009 at 9:46 am by Terri DeBoer under Weather
We’ll be watching the thermometer very carefully today, as Grand Rapids is on the verge of setting an all-time temperature record! If the high temperature today is 80 degrees or cooler, the average for the month will end up at 67.1 degrees. If the temperature makes it to 81 degrees or higher, then we will tie the current record of 67.2 degrees (which has been standing since 1992)
By the way, it’s been a bright month considering how cool the overall temperature pattern has been. Grand Rapids has recorded 63% of available sunshine, near normal for the month. Only two days (July 1 & 2) have featured complete cloud cover!
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Flint has already made it the coldest on record, we’ll see if Detroit sets the recod also today.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DETROIT/PONTIAC MI
925 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2009
…ALL-TIME COLDEST JULY ON RECORD AT FLINT…
WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 65.6 DEGREES THROUGH JULY
30TH…AND NO CHANCE OF THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE EXCEEDING 66
DEGREES…JULY 2009 WILL GO DOWN AS THE COLDEST JULY ON RECORD AT
FLINT. THE PREVIOUS RECORD BEING 66.9 DEGREES SET IN 1992.
TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE HOW COOL THIS MONTH HAS BEEN…THIS IS ONLY
THE SECOND TIME IN JULY THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH FAILED TO
REACH 85 DEGREES.
TWO RECORD LOW DAILY MAXES WERE ALSO SET DURING THE MONTH…JULY 2ND
(65) AND JULY 18TH (67).