Here is some weather history for today across Michigan.
1869: Michigan is in the grip of an icy cold wave. The temperature falls into the teens for eight consecutive days at Lansing, where it is the coldest October on record.
On October 28, 1980, 2.9 inches of snow fell in Detroit on the 27th and 28th. This was the highest snow amount for the month of October in Detroit
Also on October 28, 1976, there was a two-day streak of record lows in Detroit. The temperature was 22 degrees on the 27th and 21 degrees on the 28th.
The official H/L yesterday was 57/29 there was no precipitation. The sun was out 67% of the time. The highest wind gust was 19 MPH out of the S. For today the average H/L is 55/38 the record high of 74 was set in 1989 the coldest high of 32 was set in 1925. The record low of 23 was set in 1965, 1969. The warmest low of 55 was set in 1896. The most rainfall of 0.89ā fell in 1899 the most snowfall of 3.5ā fell in 1925.
The official low of 29 yesterday was the coldest low since April 24th. This past growing season at Grand Rapids was 216 days that is a little over the average of 202 days. The overnight low and current temperature here in MBY is 32
As has been the case many times this month...many locations below 500 feet ASL saw freezing temperatures this morning. While most spots above 550 feet fell to no lower than the mid to upper 30's. The lowest temp I found was the 26.7 at Warwick and the warmest was 44.5 at West Grove. Today begins a warming trend that will take us through Halloween. We should peak in the upper 70's on Thursday before falling back to closer to normal levels to start November.