None taken. Many of us are aware we’re further down the slide economically and socially.

I work for the West Michigan Whitecaps and with the Tigers getting into the playoffs for the 1st time since 2014 is a great thrill for me as I have seen many of the teams players play here in Grand Rapids.

At This time the start of October looks to stay on the mild side of things.

I set up a discussion for October The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 75/55 there was no rainfall the sun was out 40% of the possible time the highest wind gust was 36MPH out of the NE. For today the average H/L is 69/48 the record high of 86 was set in 1905 the coldest high of just 43 was set in 1912. The record low of 27 was set in 1991 the warmest low of 69 was set in 1971. The most rainfall of 1.96” fell in 1999.

I work for the West Michigan Whitecaps and with the Tigers getting into the playoffs for the 1st time since 2014 is a great thrill for me as I have seen many of the teams players play here in Grand Rapids. It will be October next week so now is a good time to look at some October discussion and look at some October weather history for Grand Rapids, Michigan. The average mean temperature for October at Grand Rapids is 51.5 the record warmest October was in 1900 with a mean of 59.1. That October had 4 days in a row with highs in the mid 80’s. The record coldest October was in 1925 with a mean of 42.9. That October had 4 days in a row with highs in the 30’s with one day of a high of just 30. There was also 7.5” of snow that October. The record high for October is 89 on October 1st 1897 and the record low is 18 on October 31st 1988. The average rain fall for Grand Rapids in 4.02” The most rain fall of 9.69” fell in 2017. The least rain fall was 0.03” in 1952. The average snow fall is 0.03” The most snow fall of 8.4” fell in 1967 (the winter of 1967/68 there was just 55..1” of snow fall) The least snow fall was 0” in many years the last time was in 2022. Last year Grand Rapids started October with a 4 day heatwave with high temperatures in the 80’s reaching a record high of 86 on the 3rd The month ended with a cold Halloween with a H/L of 39/28 and there was 0.1” of snowfall. Here is the updated (September 23, 2024) ECMWF winter forecast. Over North America, the updated ECMWF winter forecast shows mostly warmer-than-normal temperatures over eastern Canada, the southern and eastern United States, and the Midwest. The warm anomaly gets weaker toward the northern and northwestern United States, with a normal area over western Canada. Most of the central, southern, and eastern United States are forecast with below-average snowfall. This is perhaps a bit surprising, especially for the Midwest and the far Northeast, which can get more snow in a weak La Niña winter. More snowfall is forecast for the northwestern United States and parts of the north. Most of southern Canada also has above-average snowfall for this period. There are other winter long range guesses out and I will try to toss them up from time to time.