The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 79/59. It was a unusual warm season day as the high was set at 1AM you do not see that often during the warm season. The was no rain it was yet another windy day with a peak gust of 41 MPH out of the SW. There was 59% of possible sunshine. For today the average H/L is 71/53 the record high of 90 was set in 1977 and the record low of 30 was set in 1963. The wettest was 2.22” in 1904 Last year the H/L was 82/50.
The modern May heat train is beginning to sputter. You can see its context within the general broad, gradual increase in temperatures associated with global warming. Years like 2023 are going to happen stochastically (especially now) but it's clear whatever vendetta mother nature had against us in the early warm season is beginning to wane.