100%... This kind of thing drives me nuts. Heck, even Jim Cantore, who is very good, talked about Iowa this way a couple days ago. He lumped the entire state into the flooding discussion, as if we have all received 15 inches of rain and we just can't handle any more. The reality is much of the southern 2/3 of Iowa had/has been dry in June, but I have not heard a single met acknowledge this fact. Instead, it's, "OMG, there's bad flooding somewhere in the upper midwest, so we don't want to see any more rain anywhere!!!" Ugh.

I started a July discussion as we are just a couple of days away. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 72/59 there was 0.02” of rainfall the sun was out 13% of the time. The highest wind gust was 24 MPH out of the S. For today the average H/L is 83/61 the record high of 97 was set in 1913 the coldest high was 61 in 1943 the record low of 43 was set in 1943 the warmest low of 76 was set in 1931 the most rainfall of 1.47” fell in 1979. Last year the H/L was 88/62 and there was 0.87” of rainfall. The overnight low here in MBY was 68 and there was 0.40” of rainfall. At the current time it is cloud and 68.

Wow, time is sure flying by. It just seems like yesterday it was the 1st day of the new year and now it is late June and Monday with be the 1st of July. At Grand Rapids July in most years is the warmest month of the year. That was not the case in 2009 when both June and August were warmer. In 1947, 1900, 1937 and 1959 August was warmer than July. In the case of 1947 August was much warmer that year July had a mean of just 69.1 but August had a mean of 77.1. The average 30 year mean at Grand Rapids is 72.8 with 3.86” of rain fall. The average H/L is stable at 82.8/61.7 on the 1st and 82.5/62.6 on the 31st. The warmest days on average are between the 9th and the 16th with a average H/L of 83.4/62.7. The 15-year average is warmer with the average mean being 73.5 with the daily average H/L of 82.8/62.0 on the 1st and 83.6/63.2 on the 31st the warmest days are between the 15th to the 22nd with a average a H/L of 84.3/63.6. The 15-year average July rain fall is 3.84”. The warmest means for July are 79.7 in 1921. 79.2 in 2012. 78.7 in 1916. 78.1 in 1901. 77.3 in 1936. Honorable mention goes to 2011 with a mean of 77.0. The coldest means for July are 67.1 in 2009. 67.2 in 1992. 68.1 in 1950. 68.2 in 1996. And 68.4 in 2014. The driest Julys are 0.40” in 1934. 0.46” in 1934. 0.54” in 1898. 0.56” in 1951 and 0.66” in 1930. There has been a total of 13 years when less than 1” of rain fell at Grand Rapids, the last time was in 1976. The wettest Julys are 1992 with 8.83”. 1950 with 8.42”. 1994 with 80.7”. 1912 with 7.47” 1917 with 6.91” honorable mention goes to 2006 with 6.90”. The record hottest day was 108 on July 13, 1936, it was also 106 on July 12th that same year. A high of 104 was also recorded in 2012 and 1934 for the hottest days ever recorded at Grand Rapids. On average there are 5 days of 90 or better in July with the most being 18 in 2012 there have been 12 years of 0 days of 90 or better in July the last time was July 2021. On average there are 11 days of 86 or better in July with the most 27 in 2012 and 1921. In 2009 and 2000 there were no days of 86 or better. The record low for July is 41 on July 6th, 1983. Over the years it had gotten down into the 40’s in 75 Julys. The last time that happened was in 2005. Last year the mean at Grand Rapids was 71.9, that was a departure of -0.9 there was just one day of 90° or better that was the 91 on the 5th the low for the month was 55 on the 9th There was a total of 5.77” of rainfall. Here are some top 5 July’s The warmest July’s 79.7 1921 79.1 2012 78.7 1916 78.1 1901 77.3 1936 Coolest 67.1 2009 67.2 1992 68.1 1950 68.2 1996 68.4 2014 Wettest 8.83 1992 8.42 1950 8.07 1994 7.47 1912 6.17 1916 Driest 0.40 1934 0.46 1939 0.54 1898 0.56 1951 0.56 1930

@snow_wizard!!

I start to really think about the upcoming regular season once we hit the dog days past the 4th. Neutral can often be nice for here.